Serotonin Slows Walking Speed (VIDEO)

The Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University

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Videos of flies using FlyWalker, a program that enables scientists to label and track the position of each of the fly’s footfalls, thereby building a high-resolution picture of it’s walking gait. Top: normal fly walking at around 25 mm/s. Bottom: fly with its VNC serotonin neurons stimulated, which slows its speed to 15 mm/s.

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Clare Howard/Mann lab/Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute

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