A Novel, Sensitive Assay for Behavioral Defects in Parkinson's Disease Model Drosophila
Figure 1
Sexual activity of Drosophila flies. Control flies (shown in dark grey) are set as displaying 100% sexual activity. PD model flies are shown in light gray. (a) Courtship behavior was measured using 5 common parameters: orientation, vibration, licking, attempted copulations (ATC), and copulations. In addition, the number of nonsexual encounters (NSEs) was recorded. All parameters were normalized to introduce same scale. (b) Final courtship score, representing the sum of all above 6 parameters.
