Long-distance mechanism of neurotransmitter recycling mediated by glial network facilitates visual function in Drosophila

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2812-2817

  Chaturvedi, Ratna ^a   Reddig, Keith ^a   Li, Hong Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BETA-ALANINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARNOSINE; CONNEXINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HISTAMINE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEUROGLIA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84894353191     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1323714111     Document Type: Article

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