Role of cAMP cascade in synaptic stability and plasticity: Ultrastructural, and physiological analyses of individual synaptic boutons in Drosophila memory mutants

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3980-3992

  Renger, John J ^a,d   Ueda, Atsushi ^a   Atwood, Harold L ^a,b   Govind, C K ^c   Wu, Chun Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

DCO; dnc; dPKA RI; Drosophila; Learning and memory; Neuromuscular junction; rut; Synaptic stability; Synaptic ultrastructure; Variability and plasticity; Vesicle docking

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; GENE MUTATION; LEARNING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034214195     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-11-03980.2000     Document Type: Article

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