Characterization of dendritic spines in the Drosophila central nervous system

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-234

  Leiss, Florian ^a   Koper, Ewa ^a,d   Hein, Irina ^a   Fouquet, Wernher ^b   Lindner, Jana ^a   Sigrist, Stephan ^b,c   Tavosanis, Gaia ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Dendrites; Drosophila; LPTCs; Spines

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; RAC1 PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERNEURON; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITIC SPINES; DROSOPHILA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBULIN;

EID: 62649160906     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20699     Document Type: Article

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