Evidence map›Paper›PMID 8568723›Full record

ArticleJournal of comparative physiology. A, Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology1996

Neurotransmitters regulate rhythmic size changes amongst cells in the fly's optic lobe.

E Pyza, I A Meinertzhagen

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Article in Journal of comparative physiology. A, Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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  14. A comparative view of insect circadian clock systems.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2010
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  16. Brain plasticity in Diptera and Hymenoptera.Frontiers in bioscience (Scholar edition) · 2010
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2 authors.

E PyzaNeuroscience Institute, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
I A Meinertzhagen

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Visual system synapses and circuitsR01EY003592 · NEI · DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY · PI MEINERTZHAGEN, IAN A · 1985 to 2013
$2.8M
NEI NIH HHS EY-03592
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Axon calibre in monopolar cells L1 and L2 of the fly's lamina can change dynamically. Swelling by day, L2 exhibits a daily rhythm of changing size apparently mediated by wide-field LBO5HT and PDH cells. L1/L2 axon profiles were measured planimetrically in the housefly, Musca domestica, from 1 microns cross sections. Four hours after injecting 80-100 nl of 1.25 x 10(-4) M 5-HT into the optic lobe, L1's axon swelled but L2's did not, whereas 2.2 x 10(-5) M of PDH enlarged both axons. Similar to 5-HT, 1.63 x 10(-4) M histamine (the photoreceptor transmitter) enlarged L1 but not L2, mimicking light exposure, while 1.7 x 10(-4) M glutamate and 1.94 x 10(-4) M GABA both decreased L1 and L2. 2.5 x 10(-4) M of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine decreased L2 and, somewhat, L1, an effect attributable to the loss of LBO5HT neurites. Twenty four hours after cutting LBO5HT and PDH commissural pathways, L1 and L2 both shrank. Apparently, L2's size depends on either LBO5HT or sufficient 5-HT, and L1 and L2 have different response ranges to 5-HT. Responses to PDH imply that daytime PDH release drives a circadian rhythm, enlarging L1 and L2.

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AnimalsCell SizeDipteraMaleNeuronal PlasticityNeurotransmitter AgentsOptic Lobe, NonmammalianNeurotransmitter Agents

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