Identification of motor neurons and a mechanosensitive sensory neuron in the defecation circuitry of Drosophila larvae

eLife

Volumn 3, Issue October2014, 2014, Pages 1-18

  Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Yan, Zhiqiang ^a,b,c   Li, Bingxue ^c   Jan, Lily Yeh ^a,b   Jan, Yuh Nung ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHANNLERHODOPSIN 2; HGN1 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PIGMENT DISPERSING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; HINDGUT; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LARVA; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NO MECHANORECEPTOR POTENTIAL C; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANAL CANAL; ANIMAL; AXON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INNERVATION; LIGHT; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; AXONS; DEFECATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LARVA; LIGHT; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84933070569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.03293     Document Type: Article

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