Neurexin-1 regulates sleep and synaptic plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2455-2466

  Larkin, Aoife ^a   Chen, Ming Yu ^a   Kirszenblat, Leonie ^a   Reinhard, Judith ^a   van Swinderen, Bruno ^a   Claudianos, Charles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Circadian rhythm; Neurodevelopment; Neuroligin

Indexed keywords

NEUREXIN; NEUREXIN 1; NEUROLIGIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NRX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLEEP; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SLEEP;

EID: 84942987943     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13023     Document Type: Article

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