Quantitative analysis of synaptic boutons in Drosophila primary neuronal cultures

Brain Research

Volumn 1280, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-12

  Darya, Kauroon ^a   Ganguly, Archan ^a   Lee, Daewoo ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti Syt antibody; Drosophila; Image J; NeuronMetrics; Primary neuronal culture; Synaptic boutons

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FASCICLIN II; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYT ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE ENDING; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; NEURITES; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SEROTONIN; SOFTWARE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOTAGMINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 67649419537     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.05.026     Document Type: Article

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