Locust primary neuronal culture for the study of synaptic transmission

Journal of Molecular Histology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 405-419

  Weigel, Stefan ^a,b   Schulte, Petra ^a,c   Meffert, Simone ^a   Bräunig, Peter ^d   Offenhäusser, Andreas ^a  

^a Institute of Complex Systems Bioelectronics   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Biotechnology EU and International   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Chemical synapse; Electrical synapse; Locust; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL SYNAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GLUTAMATERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMAGO; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; FEMALE; GABA AGENTS; GANGLIA; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

HEXAPODA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA;

EID: 84871267675     PISSN: 15672379     EISSN: 15672387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10735-012-9395-1     Document Type: Article

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