Fast excitatory synaptic transmission mediated by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in Drosophila neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 5311-5321

  Lee, Daewoo ^a   O'Dowd, Diane K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; EPSC; Fast excitatory cholinergic transmission; Interneuronal synapses; mEPSC; nAChRs

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COBALT; CURARE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PICROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HISTOGRAM; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033168976     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-13-05311.1999     Document Type: Article

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