Ultrastructure of neuromuscular junctions in Drosophilal: Comparison of wild type and mutants with increased excitability

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1993, Pages 1025-1044

  Jia, Xi‐Xi ^a   Gorczyca, Michael ^a   Budnik, Vivian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

activity dependent mechanisms; body wall muscles; eag; shaker; synapse; synaptic bouton

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUTANT; NERVE ENDING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, WILD; AXONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0027301138     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.480240804     Document Type: Article

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