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. 2007 Oct 15;21(1):59–71. doi: 10.1080/01677060701249488

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Sensitization of the olfactory jump reflex is defective in fickle. A naïve fly either remained undisturbed in the training chamber of the habituation apparatus (No vortex) or was placed in the training chamber, immediately vortexed for 75 s and then placed into the apparatus. In both cases, the fly was subjected to an odor test-trial (0.5% BA) two min after being placed in the training chamber. In the absence of vortexing, Mean Initial Jump Scores did not differ significantly (AD-LSD = −0.16, α = 0.05) between wild-type Canton-S (gray bar) and fickle (light gray bar) flies (n = 66 and 66 for fickle and Can-S, respectively). The mean Initial Jump Score for wild-type flies after vortexing (n = 66) was significantly higher (AD-LSD = 0.18, α = 0.05) than that without vortexing, while no such increase was detected (AD-LSD = −0.22, α = 0.05) after vortexing (n = 66) in flies homozygous for fickle.