Neurites of period-expressing PDH cells in the fly's optic lobe exhibit circadian oscillations in morphology

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1784-1788

  Pyza, E ^a,b   Meinertzhagen, I A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Drosophila melanogaster; Musca domestica; Pigment dispersing hormone; Visual system

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSE FLY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NEURITE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; HOUSEFLIES; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; NEURITES; OPTIC LOBE;

EID: 0030740419     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01537.x     Document Type: Article

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