NeuroJC

Neuro* Journal Club at the Free University Berlin

Tagesarchiv für den 11. May 2012

OctßR1 and OctßR2 act antagonistically on starvation induced locomotor speed and synaptic growth in Drosophila larvae

The authors’ previous paper Koon et al. (2011) presented in JC in March last year, demonstrated structural changes in octopaminergic synaptic terminals in response to starvation. These changes induce an increase in locomotion. Underlying the structural change is the activation of a positive-feedback mechanism, in which octopamine release, presumably by type II octopaminergic synaptic boutons, […]

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