Passover eliminates gap junctional communication between neurons of the giant fiber system in Drosophila

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 340-348

  Sun, Yi An ^a   Wyman, Robert J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

connectivity; electrical synapses; neural development; neurogenetics; synapse formation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; COBALT; COLORING AGENTS; DROSOPHILA; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SENSE ORGANS;

EID: 0029956973     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199607)30:3<340::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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