Identification and function of thermosensory neurons in Drosophila larvae

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-273

  Liu, Lei ^a   Yermolaieva, Olena ^a   Johnson, Wayne A ^a   Abboud, Francois M ^a   Welsh, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW CAMELEON 2.1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEATING; LARVA; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMORECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCIUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; LARVA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; THERMORECEPTORS;

EID: 0037374485     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1009     Document Type: Article

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