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Courtship suppression in Drosophila melanogaster: The role of mating failure
Drosophila melanogaster is a popular model organism in the study of memory due to a wide arsenal of methods used to analyze neuronal activity. The most commonly used tests in research of behavioral plasticity are shock avoidance associated with chemosensory cues and courtship suppression after matin...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10414572/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37561803 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290048 |
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author | Goncharova, Anna A. Besedina, Natalia G. Bragina, Julia V. Danilenkova, Larisa V. Kamysheva, Elena A. Fedotov, Sergei A. |
author_facet | Goncharova, Anna A. Besedina, Natalia G. Bragina, Julia V. Danilenkova, Larisa V. Kamysheva, Elena A. Fedotov, Sergei A. |
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description | Drosophila melanogaster is a popular model organism in the study of memory due to a wide arsenal of methods used to analyze neuronal activity. The most commonly used tests in research of behavioral plasticity are shock avoidance associated with chemosensory cues and courtship suppression after mating failure. Many authors emphasize the value of courtship suppression as a model of behavior most appropriate to natural conditions. However, researchers often investigate courtship suppression using immobilized and decapitated females as targets of courtship by males, which makes the data obtained from such flies less valuable. In our study, we evaluate courtship suppression towards immature mobile non-receptive females after training with mated or immature females combined with an aversive stimulus (quinine). We have shown that the previously described mechanisms of courtship suppression, as a result of the association of the courtship object with the repellent, as well as due to increased sensitivity to the anti-aphrodisiac cVA after mating failure, are not confirmed when immature mobile females are used. We discuss the reasons for the discrepancies between our results and literature data, define the conditions to be met in the courtship suppression test if the aim is to analyze the natural forms of behavioral plasticity, and present data on the test modifications to approximate conditions to natural ones. |
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spelling | pubmed-104145722023-08-11 Courtship suppression in Drosophila melanogaster: The role of mating failure Goncharova, Anna A. Besedina, Natalia G. Bragina, Julia V. Danilenkova, Larisa V. Kamysheva, Elena A. Fedotov, Sergei A. PLoS One Research Article Drosophila melanogaster is a popular model organism in the study of memory due to a wide arsenal of methods used to analyze neuronal activity. The most commonly used tests in research of behavioral plasticity are shock avoidance associated with chemosensory cues and courtship suppression after mating failure. Many authors emphasize the value of courtship suppression as a model of behavior most appropriate to natural conditions. However, researchers often investigate courtship suppression using immobilized and decapitated females as targets of courtship by males, which makes the data obtained from such flies less valuable. In our study, we evaluate courtship suppression towards immature mobile non-receptive females after training with mated or immature females combined with an aversive stimulus (quinine). We have shown that the previously described mechanisms of courtship suppression, as a result of the association of the courtship object with the repellent, as well as due to increased sensitivity to the anti-aphrodisiac cVA after mating failure, are not confirmed when immature mobile females are used. We discuss the reasons for the discrepancies between our results and literature data, define the conditions to be met in the courtship suppression test if the aim is to analyze the natural forms of behavioral plasticity, and present data on the test modifications to approximate conditions to natural ones. Public Library of Science 2023-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10414572/ /pubmed/37561803 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290048 Text en © 2023 Goncharova et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Goncharova, Anna A. Besedina, Natalia G. Bragina, Julia V. Danilenkova, Larisa V. Kamysheva, Elena A. Fedotov, Sergei A. Courtship suppression in Drosophila melanogaster: The role of mating failure |
title | Courtship suppression in Drosophila melanogaster: The role of mating failure |
title_full | Courtship suppression in Drosophila melanogaster: The role of mating failure |
title_fullStr | Courtship suppression in Drosophila melanogaster: The role of mating failure |
title_full_unstemmed | Courtship suppression in Drosophila melanogaster: The role of mating failure |
title_short | Courtship suppression in Drosophila melanogaster: The role of mating failure |
title_sort | courtship suppression in drosophila melanogaster: the role of mating failure |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10414572/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37561803 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290048 |
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