Article
Histamine-like immunoreactivity in the visual system and brain of Drosophila melanogaster.
Cell and tissue research - 1 Nov 1991
Pollack I, Hofbauer A
Abstract excerpt
In this study, immunohistochemistry on cryostat sections is used to demonstrate anti-histamine immunoreactivity in the Drosophila brain. The results support earlier findings that histamine is probably a transmitter of insect photoreceptors. It is further shown that, in Drosophila, all imaginal photoreceptors including receptor type R7 are anti-histamine immunoreactive, whereas the larval photoreceptors do not...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain Chemistry
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Histamine
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mutation
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Optic Lobe, Nonmammalian
- Photoreceptor Cells
- Retina