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Circadian plasticity in photoreceptor cells controls visual coding efficiency in Drosophila melanogaster.
PloS one - 15 Feb 2010
Barth Martin, Schultze Michael, Schuster Christoph M, Strauss Roland
Abstract excerpt
In the fly Drosophila melanogaster, neuronal plasticity of synaptic terminals in the first optic neuropil, or lamina, depends on early visual experience within a critical period after eclosion. The current study revealed two additional and parallel mechanisms involved in this type of synaptic terminal plasticity. First, an endogenous circadian rhythm causes daily oscillations in the volume of photoreceptor cell...
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