Glutamate receptor expression regulates quantal size and quantal content at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3023-3032

  Diantonio, Aaron ^a   Petersen, Sophie A ^a   Heckmann, Manfred ^b   Goodman, Corey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Genetics; Glutamate receptor; Neuromuscular junction; Quantal content; Quantal size; Retrograde signal; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; ION PERMEABILITY; LETHALITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033560911     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-08-03023.1999     Document Type: Article

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