Cellular organization of the neural circuit that drives Drosophila courtship behavior

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1602-1614

  Yu, Jai Y ^a   Kanai, Makoto I ^a,c   Demir, Ebru ^a   Jefferis, Gregory S X E ^b   Dickson, Barry J ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 77957225815     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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