Drosophila Socialization Effects on Feeding, Sleep, and Aggression

Behavioral observations of Drosophila melanogaster subjected to socialization or isolation, connecting adaptations to memory-like mechanisms. The dataset includes sleep patterns recorded using ethoscopes and feeding assays using the single-fly capillary feeding (sCAFE) method. It contains measurements from wild-type and genetically modified flies, focusing on CREB-dependent neuronal activity, authored by Turiegano, Enrique and last updated in October 2025.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between socialization and feeding behavior based on sCAFE assay data
• Analyzing sleep pattern alterations due to social isolation based on ethoscope recordings
• Investigating synaptic plasticity mechanisms in the mushroom body based on cAMP signaling data
• Comparing behavioral and neuronal activity between wild-type and genetically modified flies based on CREB-dependent measurements

Strengths

• Includes data from multiple experimental modalities: behavioral observations, sleep recordings, feeding assays, and synaptic plasticity measurements
• Contains measurements from both wild-type and genetically modified flies, enabling comparative analysis
• Focuses on a specific, well-defined biological pathway (cAMP signaling and CREB-dependent activity)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale ML
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Turiegano, Enrique via e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Behavioral observations, ethoscope sleep recordings, single-fly capillary feeding (sCAFE) assays, and synaptic/neuronal plasticity measurements

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-14 21:44:53

Geography

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