Selective histamine uptake rescues photo- and mechanoreceptor function of histidine decarboxylase-deficient Drosophila mutant

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 7160-7166

  Melzig, Jörg ^a   Burg, Martin ^b   Gruhn, Matthias ^a   Pak, William L ^b   Buchner, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Be havior; Drosophila; Histamine; Insect; Mechanosensation; Neuromodulation; Neurotransmission; Uptake; Vision

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; HISTAMINE METABOLISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANORECEPTOR; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032530665     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-18-07160.1998     Document Type: Article

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