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Flies Under the Influence Act as Model for Alcohol Abuse

Researcher(s) Keywords:

  1. inhibitory control
  2. genetics
  3. fruit fly
  4. Drosophila
  5. TBI
  6. autism
  7. ADHD
  8. Parkinson's disease
  9. Alzheimer's disease
  10. dementia
  11. neural circuit
  12. plasticity
  13. acetylcholine
  14. octopamine
  15. dopamine

Featured Researcher(s):

Han, Kyung-An
College: Science
Department: Biological Sciences
Flies Under the Influence Act as Model for Alcohol Abuse
Date: 21 June 2013 17:15



Fruit flies under the influence of alcohol exhibit similar characteristics to intoxicated humans.

As their blood alcohol content rises, they become more and more hyperactive, and even promiscuous. And just like humans, once they’ve had too much, they start to slow down and eventually pass out.


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