Molecular and Neural Bases of Ethanol-Related Behaviors in Drosophilia

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Air date:	Monday, February 13, 2006, 12:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
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Category:	Neuroscience
Runtime:	01:03:33
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Description:	In the mid-nineties Dr. Heberlein’s laboratory introduced Drosophila melanogaster – with its accessibility to genetic, behavioral and molecular analyses – as a model organism to study the molecular and neural bases of behaviors induced by ethanol and other abused drugs. Their studies have shown that behaviors induced by acute or intermittent drug exposure are surprisingly similar in flies and mammals, and that at least some of the neurotransmitter and second messenger systems that mediate these behaviors are conserved. The next big step is to study the role of the mammalian homologs of the Drosophila “drug-genes” in rodent models of addiction. In the last two years, their major focus has been to develop and test technologies needed to transfer information from flies to mice and rats. NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series

NLM Title:	Molecular and neural bases of ethanol-related behaviors in Drosophilia [i.e. Drosophila] / Ulrike Heberlein.
Author:	Heberlein, Ulrike. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.)
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Subjects:	Behavior, Animal--drug effects Disease Models, Animal Drosophila--drug effects Drosophila--physiology Ethanol--adverse effects Nervous System--drug effects
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast
NLM Classification:	QX 505
NLM ID:	101289602
CIT Live ID:	4373
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=4373

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