Spontaneous acetylcholine secretion from developing growth cones of Drosophila central neurons in culture: Effects of cAMP-pathway mutations

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2626-2637

  Yao, Wei Dong ^a,c   Rusch, Jannette ^b,d   Poo, Mu Ming ^b   Wu, Chun Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

'giant' neuron culture; CAMP; Drosophila; Dunce; Growth cone; Myoball; Neurotransmitter release; PKA; Synaptogenesis; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CADMIUM; CURARE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GROWTH CONE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NEURITE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0034175490     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-07-02626.2000     Document Type: Article

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