The steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone enhances neurite growth of Drosophila mushroom body neurons isolated during metamorphosis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 8886-8899

  Kraft, Robert ^a   Levine, Richard B ^a   Restifo, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Drosophila melanogaster; Ecdysteroids; Kenyon cells; Metamorphosis; Mushroom body; Neurite outgrowth; Neuronal remodeling; Polarity; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

EID: 0032211135     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-21-08886.1998     Document Type: Article

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