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Do Innexins Function In The Extreme Cold Response Of Drosophila Melanogaster, Madison A. Ward
Do Innexins Function In The Extreme Cold Response Of Drosophila Melanogaster, Madison A. Ward
Masters Theses, 2020-current
Nociception is an organism’s ability to detect, process and reflexively respond to potentially damaging stimuli. While the process of nociception has clear, protective advantages, inappropriate and prolonged signaling can lead to chronic pain in humans. Nociception is a vital and genetically conserved process, thus cold nociception in Drosophilaprovides a model for identifying molecular components required for nociceptor function in vertebrates. Drosophila Class III dendritic arborization (da) neurons have previously been shown to be involved in the cold nociceptive response. Due to the importance of fast response to damaging stimuli, we hypothesize that electrical synapses are involved in cold nociception. …