Inhibition (using Ctet\TeTxLCTNT.UAS) of Scer\GAL4CG34347-0423-G4 cells in adult females significantly reduces pump frequency and ingestion rate, with no effect on volume per pump, during fluid ingestion, compared to controls; cibarial filling time is significantly increased, with little effect on cibarial emptying times 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\GAL4CG34347-0423-G4 cells (restricted using Scer\GAL80tsh-GAL80) in adult females does not significantly induce cibarial pumping, but does result in prolonged expansion of the cibarium, compared to controls.