Electrophysiological recordings from the giant fiber pathway of D. melanogaster

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 47, 2010, Pages

  Augustin, Hrvoje ^a   Allen, Marcus J ^b   Partridge, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Ken   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Electrophysiology; Flight muscles; Giant Fiber System; Issue 47; Nervous system; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355145998     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2412     Document Type: Article

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