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Neuronal activity and adenylyl cyclase in environment-dependent plasticity of axonal outgrowth in Drosophila.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 11 Feb 2004
Zhong Yi, Wu Chun-Fang
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The development of the nervous system is influenced by environmental factors. Among all environmental factors, temperature belongs to a unique category. Besides activating some specific sensory pathways, it exerts nonspecific, pervasive effects directly on the entire nervous system, especially in exothermic species. This study uses mutants to genetically discover how temperature affects nerve terminal...
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