The genetic basis of emotional behavior: has the time come for a Drosophila model?
The aim of this review was to summarize the studies potentially relevant to whether Drosophila can be used as a genetically tractable model to study the genetic and molecular basis of emotional behavior. Can these studies contribute to a better understanding of neural substrates of abnormal emotional states and specific neuropsychiatric illnesses, such as depression and anxiety?
Iliadi
Konstantin G
KG
Research Institute, Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. iliadi@sickkids.ca
D000374:Aggression / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000235:genetics*; D012919:Social Behavior