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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2020

High-Throughput Method for Measuring Alcohol Sedation Time of Individual Drosophila melanogaster.

Tatum N Sass, Rebecca A MacPherson, Trudy F C Mackay, Robert R H Anholt

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tatum N Sass *Department of Genetics and Biochemistry and Center for Human Genetics, Clemson University.
Rebecca A MacPherson *Department of Genetics and Biochemistry and Center for Human Genetics, Clemson University.
Trudy F C MackayDepartment of Genetics and Biochemistry and Center for Human Genetics, Clemson University.
Robert R H AnholtDepartment of Genetics and Biochemistry and Center for Human Genetics, Clemson University; ranholt@clemson.edu.
Center for Human Genetics · US

Funding

Genetics of Cocaine Sensitivity in DrosophilaU01DA041613 · NIDA · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI Robert R. H Anholt, TRUDY F. MACKAY · 2017 to 2026
$4.9M
Genetics of Alcohol Sensitivity in DrosophilaR01AA016560 · NIAAA · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI ANHOLT, ROBERT R. H, MACKAY, TRUDY F. · 2007 to 2016
$4.0M
Reverse Engineering Quantitative Genetic VariationR01GM128974 · NIGMS · CLEMSON UNIVERSITY · PI ANHOLT, ROBERT R. H, MACKAY, TRUDY F. · 2018 to 2021
$1.9M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA016560NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA041613NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM128974
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drosophila melanogaster provides an excellent model to study the genetic underpinnings of alcohol sensitivity. In contrast to studies in human populations, the Drosophila model allows strict control over genetic background, and virtually unlimited numbers of individuals of the same genotype can be reared rapidly under well-controlled environmental conditions without regulatory restrictions and at relatively low cost. Flies exposed to ethanol undergo physiological and behavioral changes that resemble human alcohol intoxication, including loss of postural control, sedation, and development of tolerance. Here, we describe a simple, low-cost, high-throughput assay for assessing alcohol sedation sensitivity in large numbers of single flies. The assay is based on video recording of single flies introduced without anesthesia in 24-well cell culture plates in a set-up that enables synchronous initiation of alcohol exposure. The system enables a single person to collect individual ethanol sedation data on as many as 2,000 flies within an 8 h work period. The assay can, in principle, be extended to assess the effects of exposure to any volatile substance and applied to measure effects of acute toxicity of volatiles on other insects, including other fly species.

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AnimalsDrosophila melanogasterDrug ToleranceEthanolGenotypeTime FactorsEthanol

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