A map of octopaminergic neurons in the Drosophila brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 513, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 643-667

  Busch, Sebastian ^a,b   Selcho, Mareike ^a,d   Ito, Kei ^c   Tanimoto, Hiromu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Insect brain; Neural circuit; Neuroanatomy; Octopamine; Single cell morphology

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; OCTOPAMINE; TYRAMINE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; TDC2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC MARKER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVERTEBRATE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; OCTOPAMINE; TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE;

EID: 65249180751     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21966     Document Type: Article

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