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Measuring and Altering Mating Drive in Male Drosophila melanogaster

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Published on: February 15, 2017

Orexin neuron activity in mating mice - a pilot study.

Denis Burdakov^1,2,3, Mahesh M Karnani^4,5

¹Laboratory of Neurobehavioural Dynamics, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

Neuroanatomy and Behaviour

|August 24, 2021

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This study recorded hypothalamic orexin/hypocretin neuron activity during mouse mating. Orexin neuron firing varied significantly across different mating stages in males and females, offering new insights into reproductive neurobiology.

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Calcium imaging Freely moving recording Hypocretin Lateral hypothalamus Mating Miniscope Mouse fellatio Orexin

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