Electrical and optical monitoring of α-latrotoxin action at Drosophila neuromuscular junctions

Neuroscience

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 913-924

  Umbach, J A ^a   Grasso, A ^b   Zurcher, S D ^a   Kornblum, H I ^a   Mastrogiacomo, A ^a   Gundersen, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium Crimson; Drosophila; Neuromuscular junction; Synaptic transmission; latrotoxin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LATROTOXIN; CALCIUM ION; DYE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SPIDER VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; LARVA; MONITORING; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032544072     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00664-2     Document Type: Article

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