Selected Methods for the Anatomical Study of Drosophila Embryonic and Larval Neuromuscular Junctions

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2006, Pages 323-365

  Budnik, Vivian ^a   Gorczyca, Michael ^a   Prokop, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LARVA; MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS;

EID: 33751313078     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(06)75015-2     Document Type: Review

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