Fast synaptic currents in Drosophila mushroom body kenyon cells are mediated by α-bungarotoxin-sensitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and picrotoxin-sensitive GABA receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 9246-9253

  Su, Hailing ^a   O'Dowd, Diane K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Drosophila; GABAergic; Kenyon cells; MEPSCs; MIPSCs; Mushroom bodies; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHLORIDE ION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PICROTOXIN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INSECT; KINETICS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0141919602     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-27-09246.2003     Document Type: Article

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