Stage-specific activity patterns affect motoneuron axonal retraction and outgrowth during the metamorphosis of Manduca sexta

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 945-962

  Duch, Carsten ^a   Mentel, T ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity dependent development; Ecdysis; Insect; Motor terminal; Neuromuscular system

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; RECEPTOR; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLIGHT MUSCLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLTING; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOBLAST; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MANDUCA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLTING; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PUPA;

EID: 0037355654     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02523.x     Document Type: Article

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