Octopamine fuels fighting flies

Christopher J. Potter; Liqun Luo

doi:10.1038/nn0908-989

Octopamine fuels fighting flies

Christopher J. Potter, Liqun Luo

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Abstract

The neural basis of aggression is poorly understood. A study in this issue used genetic scalpels to dissect the circuitry of the fly brain and identified a small cluster of octopaminergic neurons that can make a fly fighting mad.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	989-990
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature neuroscience
Volume	11
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0908-989
State	Published - Sep 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Octopamine fuels fighting flies

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