Electroretinograms in Drosophila: A robust and genetically accessible electrophysiological system for the undergraduate laboratory

Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Vilinsky, Ilya ^a   Johnson, Karl G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Electroretinograms; Phototransduction; Visual system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880259966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15442896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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