Neurite morphogenesis of identified visual interneurons and its relationship to photoreceptor synaptogenesis in the flies, Musca domestica and Drosophila melanogaster

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1342-1356

  Meinertzhagen, I A ^a   Piper, S T ^a   Sun, X J ^a,b   Frohlich A ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendrite; Monopolar cell; Photoreceptor; Synaptogenesis; Tetrad synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIA CELL; HOUSE FLY; INTERNEURON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GROWTH CONES; HOUSEFLIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNEURONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURITES; NEUROPIL; OPTIC LOBE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PUPA; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0034005745     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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