Neurons of the Drosophila giant fiber system: I. Dorsal longitudinal motor neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 157-166

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Developmental Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Flight muscle; Horseradish peroxidase; Thoracic ganglion; Ventral ganglion

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT; GANGLION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; THORAX;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INTERNEURONS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE FIBERS; NEURITES; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030884839     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971013)387:1<157::AID-CNE13>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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