Experience-dependent developmental plasticity in the optic lobe of Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1493-1504

  Barth, Martin ^a,d   Hirsch, Helmut V B ^b   Meinertzhagen, Ian A ^c   Heisenberg, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Theodor Doveri Inst B   (Germany)

Author keywords

critical period; dark rearing; Drosophila melanogaster; optic lobe development; structural plasticity; visual system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031037035     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-04-01493.1997     Document Type: Article

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