2003 ). For example, when expressed in the Drosophila brain, Tau protein—which forms neurofibrillary tangle pathology in AD—causes adult onset, progressive neurodegeneration, truncated lifespan and ...

We use fruitflies (Drosophila melanogaster) as our model organism because they perform many complex behaviors with a relatively simple brain, and because of the ... in vivo whole-cell patch clamp ...

Past studies on Drosophila (small fruit flies ... "Hungry animals need compensatory mechanisms to maintain flexible brain ...