Long-term in vitro maintenance of neuromuscular junction activity of Drosophila larvae

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-255

  Ball, Ryan ^a   Xing, Bin ^a   Bonner, Philip ^a   Shearer, Joseph ^a   Cooper, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Development; Neuromuscular junction; Neurotransmission

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; LARVA; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE; NERVE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037305982     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00243-X     Document Type: Article

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