Central afferent projections of proprioceptive sensory neurons in Drosophila revealed with the enhancer-trap technique

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 364, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 311-323

  Smith, S A ^a   Shepherd, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

axon; campaniform; chordotonal; insect; sensilla

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REPORTER GENE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, REPORTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 0030027302     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960108)364:2<311::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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