Behavioral endocrinology: lighting up peptidergic neurons that mediate a complex behavior.

Authors :: Ewer J
Source :: Current biology : CB [Curr Biol] 2006 Sep 05; Vol. 16 (17), pp. R682-4.
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: A recent study in which a calcium-sensitive fluorescent protein was expressed in transgenic Drosophila has shown that a command neuropeptide that turns on a complex behavioral sequence elicits a spatially and temporally complex pattern of neuropeptide signals.

Subjects :: Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Calcium metabolism
Insect Hormones metabolism
Neuropeptides metabolism
Receptors, Peptide metabolism
Behavior, Animal physiology
Drosophila melanogaster growth & development
Larva growth & development
Molting physiology
Neurons metabolism

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