Shaking-B misexpression increases the formation of gap junctions but not chemical synapses between auditory sensory neurons and the giant fiber of Drosophila melanogaster
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198710
Abstract: The synapse between auditory Johnston’s Organ neurons (JONs) and the giant fiber (GF) of Drosophila is structurally mixed, being composed of cholinergic chemical synapses and Neurobiotin- (NB) permeable gap junctions, which consist of the innexin… read more here.
Keywords: chemical synapses; gap junctions; giant fiber; shakb ... See more keywords