Article
Loss of flight and associated neuronal rhythmicity in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor mutants of Drosophila.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 8 Sept 2004
Banerjee Santanu, Lee Jisue, Venkatesh K, Wu Chun-Fang, Hasan Gaiti
Abstract excerpt
Coordinated flight in winged insects requires rhythmic activity of the underlying neural circuit. Here, we show that Drosophila mutants for the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP(3)) receptor gene (itpr) are flightless. Electrophysiological recordings from thoracic indirect flight muscles show increased spontaneous firing accompanied by a loss of rhythmic flight activity patterns normally generated in response to...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
