Immune stimulation reduces sleep and memory ability in Drosophila melanogaster

Immune stimulation reduces sleep and memory ability in Drosophila melanogaster

Psychoneuroimmunology studies the increasing number of connections between neurobiology, immunology and behaviour. We demonstrate the effects of the immune response on two fundamental behaviours: sleep and memory ability in Drosophila melanogaster. We used the Geneswitch system to upregulate peptido...

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Main Authors: Eamonn B. Mallon, Akram Alghamdi, Robert T.K. Holdbrook, Ezio Rosato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2014-06-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Psychoneuroimmunology
Fruit fly
Immune–neural interactions
Imd
PGRP-LCa
Geneswitch
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/434.pdf

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