Glutamatergic synapses of Drosophila neuromuscular junctions: A high-resolution model for the analysis of experience-dependent potentiation

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-299

  Schuster, Christoph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Experience dependent synaptic potentiation; Genetic manipulation; Glutamatergic synapses; Larval foraging behavior; Neuromuscular junctions

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II;

EXPERIENCE DEPENDENT POTENTIATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGANOGENESIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33748940801     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0290-5     Document Type: Review

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