Regulated spacing of synapses and presynaptic active zones at larval neuromuscular junctions in different genotypes of the flies Drosophila and Sarcophaga

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 393, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 482-492

  Meinertzhagen, I A ^a   Govind, C K ^b   Stewart, B A ^c   Carter, J M ^a,d   Atwood, H L ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense body; Dunce; FasII; Synaptogenesis; Transmitter release

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOTYPE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOTYPE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032550251     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980420)393:4<482::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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