Drosophila melanogaster Larvae Detect Low Doses of UVC Radiation as Manifested by a Writhing Response

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-196

  Baden, Howard P ^a   Kollias, Nikiforos ^a   Anderson, R Rox ^a   Hopkins, Theodore ^b   Raftery, Laurel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral response; Catecholamines; Drosophila melanogaster; Larvae; UVC; UVR

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; FREE RADICAL; METHYLDOPA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; LARVA; MALE; METHYLDOPA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0029691714     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)32:2<187::AID-ARCH3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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