Flies lacking all synapsins are unexpectedly healthy but are impaired in complex behaviour

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 611-622

  Godenschwege, Tanja A ^a   Reisch, Dietmar ^a   Diegelmann, Sören ^a   Eberle, Kai ^a   Funk, Natalja ^a   Heisenberg, Martin ^a   Hoppe, Viviane ^a   Hoppe, Jürgen ^a   Klagges, Bert R E ^a   Martin, Jean René ^a   Nikitina, Ekaterina A ^a   Putz, Gabi ^a   Reifegerste, Rita ^a   Reisch, Natascha ^a   Rister, Jens ^a   Schaupp, Michael ^a   Scholz, Henrike ^a   Schwärzel, Martin ^a   Werner, Ursula ^a   Zars, Troy D ^b   Buchner, Sigrid ^a   Buchner, Erich ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Gene knock out; Neurotransmission; Plasticity; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SYNAPSIN;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HABITUATION; JUMPING; KNOCKOUT GENE; LARVAL STAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY DISORDER; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; WILD TYPE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTAGENESIS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPSES; SYNAPSINS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING; WING;

EID: 3843100611     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03527.x     Document Type: Article

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