Persistence of Morning Anticipation Behavior and High Amplitude Morning Startle Response Following Functional Loss of Small Ventral Lateral Neurons in Drosophila

Vasu Sheeba; Keri J. Fogle; Todd C. Holmes

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011628

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Persistence of Morning Anticipation Behavior and High Amplitude Morning Startle Response Following Functional Loss of Small Ventral Lateral Neurons in Drosophila

Vasu Sheeba,

Current address: Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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Keri J. Fogle,

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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Todd C. Holmes

* E-mail: tholmes@uci.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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Persistence of Morning Anticipation Behavior and High Amplitude Morning Startle Response Following Functional Loss of Small Ventral Lateral Neurons in Drosophila

Vasu Sheeba,
Keri J. Fogle,
Todd C. Holmes

Published: July 16, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011628

About the Authors

Vasu Sheeba

Current address: Evolutionary and Organismal Biology Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Keri J. Fogle

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Todd C. Holmes

* E-mail: tholmes@uci.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS KJF TCH. Performed the experiments: VS KJF. Analyzed the data: VS KJF TCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VS KJF TCH. Wrote the paper: VS KJF TCH.

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