Dr. John Hernandez
cranialnurv.bsky.social
Dr. John Hernandez
@cranialnurv.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, advocate, nerd and food enthusiast! 🏳️‍🌈 studying individuality in alcohol preference and motivation
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Ever wonder how individuals decide what to eat & what to avoid? We used our novel #OperantLearningAssay (Open-LA) to let #Drosophila control their sensory world and study their motivated choices over time. Read my full work with @karlakaun.bsky.social & co-authors at doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Shaping of olfactory responses by taste in a new assay for operant learning in Drosophila melanogaster
Summary: A new assay that characterizes subtle behaviors and assesses operant learning in freely behaving Drosophila reveals that olfaction more strongly influences stimulus-seeking behavior than tast...
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