Video 4. Activation of dsx/Gad1 neurons in copulating males elicits genital uncoupling and the termination of copulation.

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DOI: 10.7554/eLife.20713.014

This movie shows a dsx/vGlut>TrpA1 male and wild-type female copulating pair that have been shifted to 31°C 5 min into copulation. Thermal activation of male dsx/vGlut neurons in this manner results in the near-immediate termination of copulation by dsx/Gad1>TrpA1 males.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.20713.014