Fiber number in the mushroom bodies of adult Drosophila melanogaster depends on age, sex and experience

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 183-196

  Technau, Gerhard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult neural development; Drosophila; Mushroom bodies; Neural mutants; Sensory deprivation stimulation; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; MALE; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 37549032777     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: 15635260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01677060701695359     Document Type: Article

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