Neurotransmitters alter the numbers of synapses and organelles in photoreceptor terminals in the lamina of the housefly, Musca domestica

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 719-727

  Pyza, E ^a   Meinertzhagen, I A ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capitate projections; Circadian rhythm; Neurotransmitters; Screening pigment; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; PIGMENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HOUSE FLY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; HOUSEFLIES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032446477     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050294     Document Type: Article

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