Nature Communications (May 2017)

Neural circuits for long-term water-reward memory processing in thirsty Drosophila

  • Wei-Huan Shyu,
  • Tai-Hsiang Chiu,
  • Meng-Hsuan Chiang,
  • Yu-Chin Cheng,
  • Ya-Lun Tsai,
  • Tsai-Feng Fu,
  • Tony Wu,
  • Chia-Lin Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15230
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Distinct subsets of dopaminergic PAM neurons have been shown to be involved in short-term and long-term memory for sugar reward. Here the authors report the neural circuits and the cellular and molecular mechanisms for short-term and long-term memory for water reward in thirstyDrosophila.