Structural organization of the presynaptic density at identified synapses in the locust central nervous system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 384-400

  Leitinger, Gerd ^a   Masich, Sergej ^b   Neumüller, Josef ^c   Pabst, Maria Anna ^a   Pavelka, Margit ^c   Rind, F Claire ^d   Shupliakov, Oleg ^b   Simmons, Peter J ^d   Kolb, Dagmar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bruchpilot; Neuron; Neurotransmission; Release; Synapse; Visual

Indexed keywords

BRUCHPILOT; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; LOCUST; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 82355161595     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22744     Document Type: Article

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