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Assaying Visual Memory in the Desert Locust
The involvement of associative learning cues has been demonstrated in several stages of feeding and food selection. Short neuropeptide F (sNPF), an insect neuropeptide whose effects on feeding behavior have previously been well established, may be one of the factors bridging feeding and learning beh...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553487/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26463192 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects6020409 |
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author | Dillen, Senne Chen, Ziwei Vanden Broeck, Jozef |
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description | The involvement of associative learning cues has been demonstrated in several stages of feeding and food selection. Short neuropeptide F (sNPF), an insect neuropeptide whose effects on feeding behavior have previously been well established, may be one of the factors bridging feeding and learning behavior. Recently, it was shown in Drosophila melanogaster that the targeted reduction of Drome-sNPF transcript levels significantly reduced sugar-rewarded olfactory memory. While Drosophila mainly relies on olfactory perception in its food searching behavior, locust foraging behavior is likely to be more visually orientated. Furthermore, a feeding-dependent regulation of Schgr-sNPF transcript levels has previously been observed in the optic lobes of the locust brain, suggesting a possible involvement in visual perception of food and visual associative memory in this insect species. In this study, we describe the development of a robust and reproducible assay allowing visual associative memory to be studied in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Furthermore, we performed an exploratory series of experiments, studying the role of Schgr-sNPF in this complex process. |
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spelling | pubmed-45534872015-10-08 Assaying Visual Memory in the Desert Locust Dillen, Senne Chen, Ziwei Vanden Broeck, Jozef Insects Article The involvement of associative learning cues has been demonstrated in several stages of feeding and food selection. Short neuropeptide F (sNPF), an insect neuropeptide whose effects on feeding behavior have previously been well established, may be one of the factors bridging feeding and learning behavior. Recently, it was shown in Drosophila melanogaster that the targeted reduction of Drome-sNPF transcript levels significantly reduced sugar-rewarded olfactory memory. While Drosophila mainly relies on olfactory perception in its food searching behavior, locust foraging behavior is likely to be more visually orientated. Furthermore, a feeding-dependent regulation of Schgr-sNPF transcript levels has previously been observed in the optic lobes of the locust brain, suggesting a possible involvement in visual perception of food and visual associative memory in this insect species. In this study, we describe the development of a robust and reproducible assay allowing visual associative memory to be studied in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Furthermore, we performed an exploratory series of experiments, studying the role of Schgr-sNPF in this complex process. MDPI 2015-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4553487/ /pubmed/26463192 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects6020409 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Dillen, Senne Chen, Ziwei Vanden Broeck, Jozef Assaying Visual Memory in the Desert Locust |
title | Assaying Visual Memory in the Desert Locust |
title_full | Assaying Visual Memory in the Desert Locust |
title_fullStr | Assaying Visual Memory in the Desert Locust |
title_full_unstemmed | Assaying Visual Memory in the Desert Locust |
title_short | Assaying Visual Memory in the Desert Locust |
title_sort | assaying visual memory in the desert locust |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553487/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26463192 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects6020409 |
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