Motor nerve terminals on abdominal muscles in larval flesh flies, Sarcophaga bullata: Comparisons with Drosophila

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 402, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-209

  Feeney, C J ^a   Karunanithi, S ^b   Pearce, J ^a   Govind, C K ^a   Atwood, H L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active zone; Diptera; Freeze fracture; Moroneuron; Neuromuscular junction; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DROSOPHILA; FLY; FREEZE FRACTURE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREEZE FRACTURING; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE ENDINGS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0032517740     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981214)402:2<197::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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