Inhibition (using Ctet\TeTxLCTNT.UAS) of Scer\GAL4NP1363 cells in adult females significantly reduces pump frequency, ingestion rate and volume per pump during fluid ingestion, compared to controls; cibarial filling time is significantly increased, with little effect on cibarial emptying time or the volume pumped back to the proboscis, compared to controls.
Thermogenetic activation (using TrpA1UAS.(B).cKa at 32[o]C) of a subset of Scer\GAL4NP1363 cells (restricted using Scer\GAL80tsh-GAL80) in adult females significantly induces cibarial pumping, compared to controls.