Medical research
Study hints that antidepressants could help slow reproductive aging
Worms might not be depressed, per se. But that doesn't mean they can't benefit from antidepressants.
May 4, 2023
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News tagged with male flies
Medical research
X chromosomes linked to male infertility identified
An international team of researchers has identified multiple X chromosomes that likely contribute to infertility in men. In their paper published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, the researchers describe how they ...
Neuroscience
Lack of environmental light may prevent creation of long-term memories
Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that Drosophila flies lose long-term memory (LTM) of a traumatic event when kept in the dark, the first confirmation of environmental light playing a role in LTM ...
Mar 16, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Internal brain timers linked with motivation and behavior
Time can be measured in many ways: a watch, a sundial, or the body's natural circadian rhythms. But what about the sexual behavior of a fruit fly?
Dec 6, 2019
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Neuroscience
The neurobiology of fruit fly courtship helps illuminates human disorders of motivation
Two fruit flies meet in an acrylic mating chamber and check each other out. It's the insect version of speed dating for science.
Jul 13, 2018
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Neuroscience
Unexpected similarities between male and female brains
The male and female brains have more in common than media reports often suggest, argues Julia Gottwald, a third year PhD student at the Department of Psychiatry. She explains what we understand about the similarities and ...
Jun 2, 2016
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Genetics
Meet CLAMP: A newly found protein that regulates genes
(Medical Xpress)—A newly discovered protein, found in many species, turns out to be the missing link that allows a key regulatory complex to find and operate on the lone X chromosome of male fruit flies, bringing them to ...
Jul 16, 2013
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Genetics
Why women outlive men: It's in our genes, study says
Scientists are beginning to understand one of life's enduring mysteries - why women live, on average, longer than men.
Aug 2, 2012
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