ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2015
Exposure to static electric fields leads to changes in biogenic amine levels in the brains of Drosophila.
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- Electromagnetic field and TGF-β enhance the compensatory plasticity after sensory nerve injury in cockroach Periplaneta americana.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Can electrostatic fields limit the take-off of tiny whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci)?Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2020Article
- Electromagnetic field exposure (50 Hz) impairs response to noxious heat in American cockroach.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2018Article
- Electromagnetic radiation and behavioural response of ticks: an experimental test.Experimental & applied acarology · 2018Article
- Disruption of dopamine homeostasis has sexually dimorphic effects on senescence characteristics of Drosophila melanogaster.The European journal of neuroscience · 2017Article
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Abstract
Natural and anthropogenic static electric fields are commonly found in the environment and can have both beneficial and harmful effects on many animals. Here, we asked how the fruitfly responds to these fields and what the consequences of exposure are on the levels of biogenic amines in the brain. When given a choice in a Y-tube bioassay Drosophila avoided electric fields, and the greater the field strength the more likely Drosophila were to avoid it. By comparing wild-type flies, flies with wings surgically removed and vestigial winged flies we found that the presence of intact wings was necessary to produce avoidance behaviour. We also show that Coulomb forces produced by electric fields physically lift excised wings, with the smaller wings of males being raised by lower field strengths than larger female wings. An analysis of neurochemical changes in the brains showed that a suite of changes in biogenic amine levels occurs following chronic exposure. Taken together we conclude that physical movements of the wings are used by Drosophila in generating avoidance behaviour and are accompanied by changes in the levels of amines in the brain, which in turn impact on behaviour.
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