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| Don't miss our poster on ADHD in flies this afternoon at SfN |
| Seriously. This is the craziest science story I've had the pleasure to be involved with. Granted, about 90% of the data I'm going to show is from my friend and colleague Bruno van Swinderen, but that doesn't make it less...[more] |
| adhd attention ritalin drosophila flight hyperactivity |
| Posted on Monday 19 October 2009 - 15:00:52 |
| Posters ready for SfN |
| I printed the two SfN posters yesterday before heading to Leipzig to talk about scientific publishing. The first one will be on Mon, Oct 19, 3:00 - 4:00 PM, 478.3/FF84 - Attention deficit and hyperactivity in a ...[more] |
| Drosophila ADHD taxis phototaxis SfN meeting |
| Posted on Wednesday 14 October 2009 - 16:55:27 |
| Published: Ritalin treats ADHD mutant fly |
| Well, the title may be a little 'overcondensed' but it captures our essential results. We have discovered that fruit flies with the well-known memory mutant radish exhibit symptoms that are reminiscent of ADHD (attention...[more] |
| radish Drosophila ADHD attention ritalin |
| Posted on Thursday 21 January 2010 - 17:32:25 |
| How we discovered that an attention drug successfully treats a fruit fly memory mutant |
 Blogging about one's own research always feels good: the amount of your work has accumulated enough to at least provide sufficient material for a story and some figures. It has passed the first hurdle of scientific scrut...[more] |
| van Swinderen Drosophila ADHD ritalin flight hyperactivity |
| Posted on Monday 25 January 2010 - 14:32:50 |
| FigShare: Ritalin also treats the hyperactivity of radish mutant flies |
| Just over a year ago, Bruno van Swinderen and I published a paper in the Journal of Neuroscience (local copy) where we described numerous behavioral and electrophysiological defects in a fly mutant called radish. Many of...[more] |
| ritalin radish ADHD methylphenidate proteomics FigShare |
| Posted on Wednesday 30 March 2011 - 18:17:34 |