A neural network underlying circadian entrainment and photoperiodic adjustment of sleep and activity in Drosophila

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 35, 2016, Pages 9084-9096

  Schlichting, Matthias ^a,d   Menegazzi, Pamela ^a   Lelito, Katharine R ^b   Yao, Zepeng ^b   Buhl, Edgar ^c   Benetta, Elena Dalla ^a   Bahle, Andrew ^b   Denike, Jennifer ^b   Hodge, James John ^c   Helfrich Förster, Charlotte ^a   Shafer, Orie Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Entrainment; Photoreception; Pigment dispersing factor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CRYPTOCHROME; CYCLIC AMP; HISTAMINE; PURINERGIC P2X2 RECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL A1; CD4 ANTIGEN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE F; PDF PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; RH6 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SLEEP; SPIKE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, CD4; CALCIUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYPTOCHROMES; CYCLIC AMP; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTAMINE; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2X2; RHODOPSIN; RNA INTERFERENCE; SLEEP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84984972601     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0992-16.2016     Document Type: Article

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