Please see Chapter 24 written by Sean Speese and Mary Logan called "In Vivo Analysis of Glial Immune Responses to Axon Degeneration in Drosophila melanogaster” which has the detailed protocol for ORN axotomy and downstream steps for dissection, staining, and imaging.
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How to cite:Readers should cite both the Bio-protocol preprint and the original research article where this protocol was used:
- Purice, M(2020). Olfactory receptor neuron (ORN) axotomy assay. Bio-protocol Preprint. bio-protocol.org/prep625.
- Purice, M. D., Ray, A., Münzel, E. J., Pope, B. J., Park, D. J., Speese, S. D. and Logan, M. A.(2017). A novel Drosophila injury model reveals severed axons are cleared through a Draper/MMP-1 signaling cascade. eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.23611
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