Cracking neural circuits in a tiny brain: new approaches for understanding the neural circuitry of Drosophila

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 512-520

  Olsen, Shawn R ^a   Wilson, Rachel I ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; DROSOPHILA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DROSOPHILA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

EID: 52049114651     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2008.07.006     Document Type: Review

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