Hunger makes Drosophila larvae move faster to find food. A new study suggests the underlying functional and structural plasticity, showing that hunger increases release of octopamine and branching of motor neurons.
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Sigrist, S., Andlauer, T. Fighting the famine with an amine: synaptic strategies for smart search. Nat Neurosci 14, 124–126 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0211-124
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