Responses of Drosophila giant descending neurons to visual and mechanical stimuli

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2121-2129

  Mu, Laiyong ^a   Bacon, Jonathan P ^b   Ito, Kei ^c   Strausfeld, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antennal mechanosensory region; Drosophila; Giant descending neurons; Giant fiber; Lobula; Multimodal integration; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84906552461     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.099135     Document Type: Article

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