Three-dimensional imaging of Drosophila motor synapses reveals ultrastructural organizational patterns*

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 237-246

  Zhan, Hong ^a   Bruckner, Joseph ^a   Zhang, Ziheng ^a   O’Connor Giles, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

active zone; electron tomography; high pressure freezing; Neuromuscular junction; postsynaptic density; presynaptic cytomatrix; synaptic cleft; synaptic vesicles

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; MACROMOLECULE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; LARVA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LARVA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 85006253444     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: 15635260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01677063.2016.1253693     Document Type: Article

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