abnormal memory | adult stage | heat sensitive, with shi1.UAS
Blocking synaptic transmission (using shi1.Scer\UAS at restrictive temperatures) from Scer\GAL4NP6024 neurons significantly impairs sucrose-reinforced appetitive or electric-shock-reinforced aversive memory performance (3 hours after conditioning) compared to controls. Flies undergo conditioning at a permissive temperature (23[o]C), whereas testing is at a restrictive temperature (33[o]C); there are no significant memory differences when training and testing is at permissive temperatures. Scer\GAL4NP6024>shi1.Scer\UAS flies exhibit normal olfactory acuity at the restrictive temperature.
Inhibition (using shi1.UAS at 33[o]C) of Scer\GAL4NP6024 cells in adults during testing significantly reduces 3 h appetitive memory, compared to controls.
Blocking synaptic transmission in Scer\GAL4NP6024-expressing neurons for the 12 hour interval 6 hours after spaced training impairs aversive long term memory.
Blocking synaptic transmission in Scer\GAL4NP6024-expressing neurons following starvation impairs appetitive long term memory (association of an odor with sucrose). Sensorimotor abilities are unchanged compared with controls.
ChTUAS.cHa/Scer\GAL4NP6024 partially rescues ChTKK109385