Genetic dissection of functional contributions of specific potassium channel subunits in habituation of an escape circuit in Drosophila

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2254-2267

  Engel, Jeff E ^a,b   Wu, Chun Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Seeley Mudd Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Eag; Ether a go go; Giant fiber escape response circuit; Habituation; Hk; Hyperkinetic; Insects; Invertebrates; K ; Learning and memory; Potassium channels; Shaker, Sh; Slo; Slowpoke; subunit; subunit

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER;

EID: 0032521086     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-06-02254.1998     Document Type: Article

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