Ultrastructural analysis of chemical synapses and gap junctions between Drosophila brain neurons in culture

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-294

  Oh, Hyun Woo ^a,b,c   Campusano, Jorge M ^a,b   Hilgenberg, Lutz G W ^a   Sun, Xicui ^a,b   Smith, Martin A ^a   O'Dowd, Diane K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Electrical synapse; Electron microscopy; GABAergic; Synapsin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BRUCHPILOT; SYNAPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 39349103605     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20575     Document Type: Article

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