Octopamine inhibits synaptic transmission at the larval neuromuscular junction in Drosophila melanogaster

Brain Research

Volumn 837, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 67-74

  Nishikawa, Koh Ichi ^a   Kidokoro, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decay time constant; Glutamate receptor channel; Miniature synaptic current; Neuromodulation; Patch clamp; Single channel recording

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; OCTOPAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOKED POTENTIALS; KINETICS; LARVA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OCTOPAMINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033533077     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01676-5     Document Type: Article

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