A genetically specified connectomics approach applied to long-range feeding regulatory circuits

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1830-1839

  Atasoy, Deniz ^a,b   Betley, J Nicholas ^a   Li, Wei Ping ^a   Su, Helen H ^a   Sertel, Sinem M ^b   Scheffer, Louis K ^a   Simpson, Julie H ^a   Fetter, Richard D ^a   Sternson, Scott M ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPTERA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPIL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; 129 MOUSE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CONNECTOME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE NET; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84926177116     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3854     Document Type: Article

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