A 985 base pair fragment from the flanking non-coding or intronic region of nompC is fused upstream of a Drosophila core synthetic promoter (DSCP) that is followed by sequence encoding a GAL4 driver.
Thermogenetic activation (using TrpA1Scer\UAS.(B).cKa at 30-31[o]C) of neurons targeted by Scer\GAL4GMR39A11 results in a significant increase of antennal grooming behavior, compared to controls.