Synchronized Bilateral Synaptic Inputs to Drosophila melanogaster Neuropeptidergic Rest/Arousal Neurons
McCarthy EV, Wu Y, deCarvalho T, Brandt C, Cao G, Nitabach MN. Synchronized Bilateral Synaptic Inputs to Drosophila melanogaster Neuropeptidergic Rest/Arousal Neurons. Journal Of Neuroscience 2011, 31: 8181-8193. PMID: 21632940, PMCID: PMC3125135, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2017-10.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic inputsWhole-cell patch-clamp recordingsNicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonistDual whole-cell patch-clamp recordingsAcetylcholine receptor antagonistNicotinic ACh receptorsSynchronous synaptic inputPatch-clamp recordingsWake-promoting neuronsLarge ventrolateral neuronsArousal neuronsSodium blockersGABAergic inputsCholinergic inputReceptor antagonistSynaptic circuitryACh receptorsNeurotransmitter receptorsBilateral inputSynaptic connectionsΑ-bungarotoxinVentrolateral neuronsContralateral pairsFiring patternsNeurons