title: Associative learning: Hebbian flies.
abstract: Fruit flies can learn to associate an odor with an aversive stimulus, such as a shock. New findings indicate that disrupting the expression of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in flies impairs olfactory conditioning. The findings provide support for a critical role for NMDA receptors in associative learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Science and Neurobiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095-1761, USA. dglanzman@physci.ucla.edu
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Glanzman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology*; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000502:physiology; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate