Neurotransmitter levels and synaptic strength at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction are not altered by mutation in the sluggish-A gene, which encodes proline oxidase and affects adult locomotion

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-192

  Shayan, A J ^a   Brodin, L ^a   Ottersen, O P ^a   Birinyi, A ^a   Hill, C E ^a   Govind, C K ^a   Atwood, H L ^a   Shupliakov, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Immunolocalization; Motor neuron; Muscle; Synapse; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROLINE; PROLINE DEHYDROGENASE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CELL; MUTANT; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033892120     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01677060009083481     Document Type: Review

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