Patterns of connectivity in a Drosophila nerve

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-72

  Egger, M D ^a   Nowakowski, R S ^a   Peng, B ^a   Wyman, R J ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical model; Morphometry; Peripheral nerve; Quantitative analysis; Synaptic profiles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INTERNEURONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030884837     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971013)387:1<63::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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