Morning and evening peaks of activity rely on different clock neurons of the Drosophila brain

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7010, 2004, Pages 869-873

  Grima, Brigitte ^a   Chélot, Elisabeth ^a   Xia, Ruohan ^a   Rouyer, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PIGMENTS; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; LATERAL NEURONS; PIGMENT-DISPERSING FACTOR (PDF);

CELLS;

NEUROPEPTIDE; PERIOD PROTEIN; PIGMENT DISPERSING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REST;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 7244252844     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02935     Document Type: Article

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