Article
Genetic dissection of monoamine neurotransmitter synthesis in Drosophila.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Livingstone M S, Tempel B L
Abstract excerpt
The biogenic monoamine neurotransmitters octopamine, dopamine and serotonin have been detected in nervous tissue from many insects. We report here that intact Drosophila melanogaster brains, when incubated with the radioactive amino acids tyrosine and tryptophan, synthesized and accumulated label...
Topics
- Animals
- Aromatic-L-Amino-Acid Decarboxylases
- Brain
- Dopa Decarboxylase
- Dopamine
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Mutation
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Octopamine
- Serotonin
- Tyrosine Decarboxylase