Experimental methods for examining synaptic plasticity in Drosophila

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-173

  Olsen, Douglas P ^a   Keshishian, Haig ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALCIUM ION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; ION CHANNEL; PROLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REARING; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; LARVA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84856475630     PISSN: 19403402     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top067785     Document Type: Review

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