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ArticlePLoS computational biology2022

Measuring the repertoire of age-related behavioral changes in Drosophila melanogaster.

Katherine E Overman, Daniel M Choi, Kawai Leung, Joshua W Shaevitz, Gordon J Berman

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katherine E OvermanDepartment of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-1842-9257
Daniel M ChoiDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-4341-4783
Kawai LeungDepartment of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-6760-0666
Joshua W ShaevitzDepartment of Physics and Lewis-Sigler Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-8809-4723
Gordon J BermanDepartment of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3588-7820
Emory University · USPrinceton University · US

Funding

CRCNS:Predictability as a New Paradigm for Rodent Social NeurobiologyR01MH115831 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BERMAN, GORDON JOSEPH, LIU, ROBERT C · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
A new paradigm for quantifying animal behavior in a model genetic systemR01GM098090 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI BIALEK, WILLIAM, SHAEVITZ, JOSHUA W · 2011 to 2014
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM098090NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH115831
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging affects almost all aspects of an organism-its morphology, its physiology, its behavior. Isolating which biological mechanisms are regulating these changes, however, has proven difficult, potentially due to our inability to characterize the full repertoire of an animal's behavior across the lifespan. Using data from fruit flies (D. melanogaster) we measure the full repertoire of behaviors as a function of age. We observe a sexually dimorphic pattern of changes in the behavioral repertoire during aging. Although the stereotypy of the behaviors and the complexity of the repertoire overall remains relatively unchanged, we find evidence that the observed alterations in behavior can be explained by changing the fly's overall energy budget, suggesting potential connections between metabolism, aging, and behavior.

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DrosophilaDrosophila melanogasterAgingAnimalsBehavior, AnimalLongevity

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PMID35202388
PMCPMC8903287
OpenAlexW4220659770

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