The effects of obesogenic diet on a Drosophila model of frontotemporal dementia

Ake, Charlie; Cervantes, Eric; Garcia, Christal; Hammons, Hannah; Obawole, Lisa; Morton, Isabella; Pham, Lexie; Salas, Brandon; Stacks, Sadie; Villarreal, Luis; York, Faith; Biglari, Samaneh; Yeragi, Eshani; Lillvis, Elizabeth; Moulton, Matthew; Keene, Alex

doi:10.17912/micropub.biology.002150

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Charlie Ake¹, Eric Cervantes¹, Christal Garcia¹, Hannah Hammons¹, Lisa Obawole¹, Isabella Morton¹, Lexie Pham¹, Brandon Salas¹, Sadie Stacks¹, Luis Villarreal¹, Faith York¹, Samaneh Biglari¹, Eshani Yeragi¹, Elizabeth Lillvis¹, Matthew Moulton¹^§^*, and Alex Keene¹^§^*

¹Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, US

^§Correspondence to: Matthew Moulton (mmoulton@tamu.edu) Alex Keene (KeeneA@TAMU.edu)

^* Authors have equal contribution

Abstract

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Acknowledgements

Conflicts of Interest

Funding

Author Contributions

Charlie Ake: Data curation, Formal analysis
Eric Cervantes: Data curation, Formal analysis
Christal Garcia: Data curation, Investigation
Hannah Hammons: Data curation, Formal analysis
Lisa Obawole: Conceptualization, Data curation
Isabella Morton: Conceptualization, Data curation
Lexie Pham: Data curation, Formal analysis
Brandon Salas: Formal analysis, Methodology
Sadie Stacks: Data curation, Formal analysis
Luis Villarreal: Conceptualization, Data curation
Faith York: Data curation, Conceptualization
Samaneh Biglari: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision
Eshani Yeragi: Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision
Elizabeth Lillvis: Supervision
Matthew Moulton: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing - original draft, Supervision, Funding acquisition
Alex Keene: Conceptualization, Project administration, Funding acquisition, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing

Reviewed By

Atulya Iyengar, Anonymous

Nomenclature Validated By

Anonymous

History

Received: 4/19/2026
Revision Received: 7/10/2026
Accepted: 8/17/2026
Published Online: 8/19/2026

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