Neurotrophic actions of dopamine on the development of a serotonergic feeding circuit in <it>Drosophila melanogaster</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In the fruit fly, <it>Drosophila melanogaster</it>, serotonin functions both as a neurotransmitter to regulate larval feeding, and in the development of the stomatogastric feeding circuit. There is an inverse relationship...

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Main Authors: Neckameyer Wendi S, Bhatt Parag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/13/26