Assay for Courtship Suppression in Drosophila
Adapted from Drosophila Neurobiologyhttp://www.cshlpress.com/link/drosneurop.htm (ed. Zhang et al.). CSHL Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, 2010.INTRODUCTION
Unsuccessful courtship reduces subsequent courtship behavior of male Drosophila. This experience-dependent behavior modification is called courtship conditioning and has been one of the major paradigms used to study learning and memory in Drosophila. This article describes a basic behavioral assay for quantifying short-term memory of courtship suppression induced by training with a mated female.
