The Drosophila larval visual system: High-resolution analysis of a simple visual neuropil

Developmental Biology

Volumn 358, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-43

  Sprecher, Simon G ^a   Cardona, Albert ^b   Hartenstein, Volker ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Larval visual system; Photoreceptors; Sensory systems; Serial EM analysis

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RHODOPSIN; RHODOPSIN G; RHODOPSIN S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; LARVA; LATERAL CLOCK NEURON; MARKER GENE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE PIONEER; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 80052613388     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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