Morphological plasticity of motor axons in Drosophila mutants with altered excitability

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 3754-3768

  Budnik, Vivian ^a,b   Zhong, Yi ^a   Wu, Chun Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; INNERVATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; MUTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; RECESSIVE GENE;

ANIMAL; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LARVA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; MUTATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 0025513585     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.10-11-03754.1990     Document Type: Article

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