Excitatory and inhibitory switches for courtship in the brain of Drosophila melanogaster

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 538-547

  Broughton, Susan J ^a,d   Kitamoto, Toshihiro ^b,e   Greenspan, Ralph J ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DYNAMIN; EAG PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; SHIBIRE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DYNAMINS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURAL INHIBITION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 1842715883     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.03.037     Document Type: Article

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