A programmable optical stimulator for the Drosophila eye

Oct 1, 2017 1 min read 👏

Publishing date: 2017-10-01

Published on: HardwareX

summary: A programmable optical stimulator for Drosophila eyes is presented. The target application of the stimulator is to induce retinal degeneration in fly photoreceptor cells by exposing them to light in a controlled manner. The goal of this work is to obtain a reproducible system for studying age-related changes in susceptibility to environmental ocular stress.

authors: Xinping Chen, Walter D.Leon-Salas, Taylor Zigon, Donald F. Ready, Vikki M.Weake

link to paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2017.07.001

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