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Animals, Behavior, Animal, Drosophila, Neuroglia, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Behavioral Sciences, Neurosciences, Physiology, Zoology, Neurosciences & Neurology, Glia, Behavior, Invertebrate, Brain, BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER, GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER, NERVOUS-SYSTEM, NEUROBLAST PROLIFERATION, CIRCADIAN OSCILLATORS, CONSOLIDATED MEMORY, HUNTINGTONS-DISEASE, GENETIC DISSECTION, STRESS RESISTANCE, FRIEDREICH ATAXIA, 06 Biological Sciences, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, Neurology & Neurosurgery, 31 Biological sciences, 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences, 42 Health sciences

Abstract:

Glial cells constitute about 10 % of the Drosophila nervous system. The development of genetic and molecular tools has helped greatly in defining different types of glia. Furthermore, considerable progress has been made in unraveling the mechanisms that control the development and differentiation of Drosophila glia. By contrast, the role of glia in adult Drosophila behavior is not well understood. We here summarize recent work describing the role of glia in normal behavior and in Drosophila models for neurological and behavioral disorders.