Neural correlates of water reward in thirsty Drosophila.
Drinking water is innately rewarding to thirsty animals. In addition, the consumed value can be assigned to behavioral actions and predictive sensory cues by associative learning. Here we show that thirst converts water avoidance into water-seeking in naive Drosophila melanogaster. Thirst also permi...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2014
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