In a new JNeurosci paper, Adrian Rothenfluh and colleagues from the University of Utah developed a fruit fly model of cocaine ...

For the first time, researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine. The flies ...

For the first time, researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine.

How do insects perceive mechanical stress? This is a question of interest in many different fields, including comparative ...

Exploring the interaction between sensory neurons and drug aversion can offer clues to the genetic basis of addiction.

A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has investigated why the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster drinks alcohol and has shown that alcohol has a direct and ...

In a new JNeurosci paper, Adrian Rothenfluh and colleagues from the University of Utah developed a fruit fly model of cocaine self-administration that ...

Fruit flies are persistent pests whose populations can reach problematic levels in record time. But where do they like to ...

Rocha had switched to using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. After working with Rocha, Abolaji understood the fruit fly’s power. “The fly has a high degree of advantages compared with ...

presents what the editors describe as a valuable open-source and cost-effective method for automating the quantification of male aggression and courtship in the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).

Drosophila is one of the most well-studied ... "There are now several types of analysis software available for classifying fruit fly social behaviors, but most use rigid rules-based classification ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena have discovered that the fruit fly Drosophila busckii has developed a tolerance to the toxic sulfur compound dimethyldisulfide ...