Electrophysiological and Morphological Characterization of Identified Motor Neurons in the Drosophila Third Instar Larva Central Nervous System

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2353-2365

  Choi, James C ^a   Park, Demian ^a   Griffith, Leslie C ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GANGLION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; INNERVATION; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITES; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 13844258542     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01115.2003     Document Type: Article

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