Article
The presynaptic cell determines the number of synapses in the Drosophila optic ganglia.
The European journal of neuroscience - 1 Sept 1994
Canal I, Fariñas C I, Gho M, Ferrús A
Abstract excerpt
The role of the pre- and postsynaptic cells in determining the number of synapses has been investigated in retina mosaics of the gigas (gig) mutant of Drosophila. Mutant photoreceptors are two to three times larger than those of the wild type, while adjacent cells in the mosaic retina and the lam...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila
- Feedback
- Ganglia, Invertebrate
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Mosaicism
- Mutation
- Neurons
- Phenotype
- Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate
- Presynaptic Terminals
- Synapses
- Visual Pathways