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Circadian changes in Drosophila motor terminals.
Developmental neurobiology - 1 Mar 2007
Mehnert Kerstin I, Beramendi Ana, Elghazali Fahad, Negro Paolo, Kyriacou Charalambos P, Cantera Rafael
Abstract excerpt
In Drosophila melanogaster, as in most other higher organisms, a circadian clock controls the rhythmic distribution of rest/sleep and locomotor activity. Here we report that the morphology of Drosophila flight neuromuscular terminals changes between day and night, with a rhythm in synaptic bouton size that continues in constant darkness, but is abolished during aging. Furthermore, arrhythmic mutations in the...
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