Emotional states: Sweet relief for depressed flies.

Curr Biol

Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, School of Genetics and Microbiology and School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address:

Published: September 2022

Mammals and insects appear to have emotional states with features characteristic of human depression. A new study has defined a neural circuit including serotonergic neurons that drive sugar-induced relief from a depression-like-state in Drosophila.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.045DOI Listing

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