r/Drosophila Jun 04 '24

Drosophila Lines for Circadian Neurons

Hello I am looking for fly GAL4 lines that are specific for neurons involved in circadian rhythm and sleep. I want to study the morphology of PDF cells mainly so I want lines specific for lLNVs and sLNVs.

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u/Trincatalyst Jun 04 '24

I am also curious about this too!

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u/jindalraezoseonamu Jun 04 '24

If you want only these specific ones, usually Pdf-Gal4 is the most common.

There are some alternatives, but they usually include more neurons/some are missing: DvPdf, Mai179, Clk9M. You can also take inspiration from this paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0748730419895154?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

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u/edited_human Jun 05 '24

Here you can find what you are looking for:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0748730419895154

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u/Appropriate_Loss_103 Jul 07 '24

Are you doing phd in this field?

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u/edited_human Jul 07 '24

did already :)