The neuroarchitecture of the circadian clock in the brain of Drosophila melanogaster

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-102

  Helfrich Förster, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clock; Cycle; Period; Photoreception; Pigment dispersing factor; Timeless

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; FRUITS; GENE EXPRESSION; NEURONS;

CIRCADIAN CLOCK; CIRCADIAN OSCILLATIONS; CLOCK GENES; CYCLE; DROSOPHILLA MELANOGASTER; FRUITFLIES; PERIOD; PHOTORECEPTION; PIGMENT-DISPERSING FACTOR; TIMELESS;

BRAIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0042839697     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10357     Document Type: Review

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