Genetic depletion of histamine from the nervous system of Drosophila eliminates specific visual and mechanosensory behavior

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 763-773

  Melzig, J ^a   Buchner, S ^a   Wiebel, F ^a   Wolf, R ^a   Burg, M ^b   Pak, W L ^b   Buchner, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Immunohistochemistry; Insecta; Mutants; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030448851     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00207355     Document Type: Article

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