Blocking synaptic transmission with tetanus toxin light chain reveals modes of neurotransmission in the PDF-positive circadian clock neurons of Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1290-1299

  Umezaki, Yujiro ^a   Yasuyama, Kouji ^b   Nakagoshi, Hideki ^a   Tomioka, Kenji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Constant light; Drosophila; Locomotor rhythm; Neuronal network; Neurotransmission; Pigment dispersing factor

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PDF PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TETANUS TOXIN; TIMELESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ZINC ENDOPEPTIDASE, TETANUS NEUROTOXIN; ZINC-ENDOPEPTIDASE, TETANUS NEUROTOXIN;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLY; IMMUNOASSAY; LIGHT EFFECT; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHOTOPERIOD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETANUS TOXIN;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 80052266909     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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