Heterogeneity in synaptic transmission along a Drosophila larval motor axon
Guerrero G, Reiff D, Agarwal G, Ball R, Borst A, Goodman C, Isacoff E. Heterogeneity in synaptic transmission along a Drosophila larval motor axon. Nature Neuroscience 2005, 8: 1188-1196. PMID: 16116446, PMCID: PMC1402256, DOI: 10.1038/nn1526.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedAxonsCalcium SignalingDiagnostic ImagingDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsElectric StimulationEvoked PotentialsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalImmunohistochemistryLarvaLuminescent ProteinsMembrane PotentialsMotor NeuronsMutagenesis, InsertionalNeuromuscular JunctionPatch-Clamp TechniquesSynaptic TransmissionConceptsNeuromuscular junctionGlutamate receptorsSynaptic transmissionAxonal branchesMotor axonsPostsynaptic terminalsIndividual boutonsBoutonsProximal connectionLarval neuromuscular junctionTransmission strengthLarval motor axonsDrosophila melanogaster larval neuromuscular junctionDistal boutonsDistal onesHigh Ca2Ca2InfluxAxonsReceptors