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Citation	Raghu, S.V., Borst, A. (2011). Candidate glutamatergic neurons in the visual system of Drosophila. PLoS ONE 6(5): e19472. (Export to RIS)
FlyBase ID	FBrf0213690
Publication Type	Research paper
PubMed ID	21573163
PubMed Abstract	The visual system of Drosophila contains approximately 60,000 neurons that are organized in parallel, retinotopically arranged columns. A large number of these neurons have been characterized in great anatomical detail. However, studies providing direct evidence for synaptic signaling and the neurotransmitter used by individual neurons are relatively sparse. Here we present a first layout of neurons in the Drosophila visual system that likely release glutamate as their major neurotransmitter. We identified 33 different types of neurons of the lamina, medulla, lobula and lobula plate. Based on the previous Golgi-staining analysis, the identified neurons are further classified into 16 major subgroups representing lamina monopolar (L), transmedullary (Tm), transmedullary Y (TmY), Y, medulla intrinsic (Mi, Mt, Pm, Dm, Mi Am), bushy T (T), translobula plate (Tlp), lobula intrinsic (Lcn, Lt, Li), lobula plate tangential (LPTCs) and lobula plate intrinsic (LPi) cell types. In addition, we found 11 cell types that were not described by the previous Golgi analysis. This classification of candidate glutamatergic neurons fosters the future neurogenetic dissection of information processing in circuits of the fly visual system.
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0019472
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Language of Publication	English
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Publication Type	Journal
Abbreviation	PLoS ONE
Title	PLoS ONE
Publication Year	2006-
ISBN/ISSN	1932-6203
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Alleles (4)
	Mmus\Cd8a^{Scer\UAS.T:Avic\GFP} Rnor\CD2^Scer\UAS.cSa Scer\FLP1^hs.PS Scer\GAL4^VGlut.PD
Constructs (4)
	P{hsp70-flp} P{UAS(FRT.CD2.y⁺)CD8-GFP} P{UAS-mCD8::GFP.L} P{VGlut-GAL4.D}
Genes (6)
	dlg1 Mmus\Cd8a Rnor\CD2 Scer\FLP1 Scer\GAL4 VGlut
Transcripts (1)
	Scer\GAL4^VGlut.PDRA