Mutation of the Drosophila melanogaster serotonin transporter dSERT impacts sleep, courtship, and feeding behaviors.

Mutation of the Drosophila melanogaster serotonin transporter dSERT impacts sleep, courtship, and feeding behaviors.

The Serotonin Transporter (SERT) regulates extracellular serotonin levels and is the target of most current drugs used to treat depression. The mechanisms by which inhibition of SERT activity influences behavior are poorly understood. To address this question in the model organism Drosophila melanog...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth M Knapp, Andrea Kaiser, Rebecca C Arnold, Maureen M Sampson, Manuela Ruppert, Li Xu, Matthew I Anderson, Shivan L Bonanno, Henrike Scholz, Jeffrey M Donlea, David E Krantz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010289

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