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Electrophysiological Recording from Drosophila Trichoid Sensilla in Response to Odorants of Low Volatility
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Electrophysiological Recording from Drosophila Trichoid Sensilla in Response to Odorants of Low Volatility
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07:49 min

July 27, 2017

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 00:50Odor Delivery Cartridge for Type IV Antennal Trichoid Sensillum (AT4) Recording
  • 01:58Preparing Drosophila for Electrophysiological Recordings while Stimulating AT4
  • 03:46Taking Electrophysiology Recording of AT4 Sensillum Activity
  • 06:06Results: Isometric Sensitivity of Or47b Neurons to Palmitoleic Acid
  • 07:06Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

The overall goal of this protocol is to demonstrate how to present odorants of low volatility for single-sensillum recording from Drosophila olfactory receptor neurons that respond to long-chain cuticular pheromones.

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