Heterogeneity in synaptic transmission along a Drosophila larval motor axon

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1188-1196

  Guerrero, Giovanna ^a   Rieff, Dierk F ^b   Agarwal, Gautam ^a   Ball, Robin W ^a   Borst, Alexander ^b   Goodman, Corey S ^a,d   Isacoff, Ehud Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d EVOTEC AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXOCYTOSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LARVA; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 26944486423     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1526     Document Type: Article

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