T-maze

For their experiments, Waddell and his team used a variation on the simple T-maze, which is a standard piece of apparatus in mind-of-the-fly laboratories.

But as I listened to Professor Clinger’s stereotyped paper on “The effects of left- handed goal boxes in a T-maze versus right-handed goal boxes in a T-maze,” I found myself toying with the release- lock mechanism of Algernons cage.

Ten minutes of equilibrium time was allowed before the tubes were connected to the T-maze apparatus immediately before the assay.

In each T-maze assay, ~50 flies were allowed 2min to choose.

Twenty-five per cent apple cider vinegar was used because it attracted flies in a T-maze assay without triggering the acid-mediated avoidance pathway.