Architecture of the primary taste center of Drosophila melanogaster larvae

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 502, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 834-847

  Colomb, Julien ^a,b   Grillenzoni, Nicola ^a   Ramaekers, Ariane ^a   Stocker, Reinhard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b Brain Plasticity Unit   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Gustatory coding; Insects

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GANGLION; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; MAGGOT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASTE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GENES, INSECT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARVA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SENSE ORGANS; TASTE;

EID: 34248335899     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21312     Document Type: Article

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