Publication Date:
2015-07-02
Description:
Article We currently lack a detailed understanding of the neurobiological basis for the decline of male sexual desire with age. Here the authors demonstrate that restoring impaired dopaminergic signalling in a specific cluster of neurons in the Drosophila brain increases sexual behaviour in ageing male flies. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms8490 Authors: Shu-Yun Kuo, Chia-Lin Wu, Min-Yen Hsieh, Chen-Ta Lin, Rong-Kun Wen, Lien-Cheng Chen, Yu-Hui Chen, Yhu-Wei Yu, Horng-Dar Wang, Yi-Ju Su, Chun-Ju Lin, Cian-Yi Yang, Hsien-Yu Guan, Pei-Yu Wang, Tsuo-Hung Lan, Tsai-Feng Fu
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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