Synapse distribution on VCH, an inhibitory, motion-sensitive interneuron in the fly visual system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 381, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 489-499

  Gauck, Volker ^a   Egelhaaf, Martin ^b   Borst, Alexander ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER LABORATORY OF THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calliphora erythrocephala; electron microscopy; electrophysiology; figure ground discrimination; lobula plate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030989112     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970519)381:4<489::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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