Differential roles of two major brain structures, mushroom bodies and central complex, for Drosophila male courtship behavior

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 821-834

  Sakai, Takaomi ^a   Kitamoto, Toshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central complex; Courtship; Drosophila melanogaster; Mushroom body; Shibire

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL COMPLEX; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; MALE; MUSHROOM BODY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIBIRE TS1 GENE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CUES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DYNAMINS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSHROOM BODIES; MUTATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33745765419     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20262     Document Type: Article

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