Visualizing glutamatergic cell bodies and synapses in Drosophila larval and adult CNS

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 508, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-152

  Daniels, Richard W ^a   Gelfand, Maria V ^a,b   Collins, Catherine A ^a   DiAntonio, Aaron ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression; Glutamate; Insect; VGLUT

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LARVA; MALE; MUSHROOM BODY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MUSHROOM BODIES; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 42149090460     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21670     Document Type: Article

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