Aging Drosophila melanogaster display altered pre- and postsynaptic ultrastructure at adult neuromuscular junctions

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 523, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 2457-2475

  Wagner, Nicole ^a   Laugks, Ulrike ^b   Heckmann, Manfred ^a   Asan, Esther ^a   Neuser, Kirsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AB_2491007; AB_2491008; AB_528108; Aging; Drosophila; Neuromuscular junction; Nif 0000 00241; Nif 0000 30467; SciRes_000184; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL BODY; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ENDOSOME; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOSOMES; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 84941992828     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23798     Document Type: Article

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