Homepstasis of synaptic transmission in Drosophila with genetically altered nerve terminal morphology

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3877-3886

  Stewart, Bryan A ^a,c   Schuster, Christoph M ^b   Goodman, Corey S ^b   Atwood, Harold L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecule; Electron microscopy; Fasciclin II; Neuromuscular junction; Synaptic transmission; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; DROSOPHILA; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLES; MUTATION; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029948786     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-12-03877.1996     Document Type: Article

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