Synaptic connections of PDF-immunoreactive lateral neurons projecting to the dorsal protocerebrum of Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 292-304

  Yasuyama, Kouji ^a   Meinertzhagen, Ian A ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Dense core vesicles; Electron microscopy; Medulla optic neuropil; Pigment dispersing factor; Synapses; Synaptic vesicles

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PIGMENT DISPERSING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PDF PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN; CELL SHAPE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN; CELL SHAPE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 77649262219     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22210     Document Type: Article

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