Neuropeptide signaling and addiction: What have we learned from Drosophila?

Neuropeptide signaling and addiction: What have we learned from Drosophila?

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Addiction is a complex neurological disorder that, Food Processor while unique to humans, has nonetheless been successfully modeled in both vertebrates and invertebrates.The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has been a particularly successful model for a variety of aspects of ethanol dependence, from acute ethanol responses, both cellular and organismal, through ethanol self-administration and conditioned preference.This review focuses on Gift Card advances in our understanding of the role of neuropeptide signaling in ethanol dependence, especially on the strengths of the fly model and discoveries in Drosophila that have contributed to our overall understanding of neuropeptide signaling and alcohol use disorders.