@article {48657,
	title = {A systematic nomenclature for the Drosophila ventral nervous system.},
	journal = {bioRxiv},
	year = {2017},
	month = {2017 Apr 26},
	abstract = {<p>Insect nervous systems are proven and powerful model systems for neuroscience research with wide relevance in biology and medicine. However, descriptions of insect brains have suffered from a lack of a complete and uniform nomenclature. Recognising this problem the Insect Brain Name Working Group produced the first agreed hierarchical nomenclature system for the adult insect brain, using Drosophila melanogaster as the reference framework, with other insect taxa considered to ensure greater consistency and expandability (Ito et al., 2014). Ito et al. (2014) purposely focused on the gnathal regions that account for approximately 50\% of the adult CNS. We extend this nomenclature system to the sub-gnathal regions of the adult Drosophila nervous system to provide a nomenclature of the so-called ventral nervous system (VNS), which includes the thoracic and abdominal neuromeres that was not included in the original work and contains the neurons that play critical roles underpinning most fly behaviours.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1101/122952},
	author = {Court, Robert Christopher and Armstrong, James Douglas and Borner, Jana and Card, Gwyneth M and Costa, Marta and Dickinson, Michael H and Duch, Carsten and Korff, Wyatt and Mann, Richard S and Merritt, David and Murphey, Rodney K and Namiki, Shigehiro and Seeds, Andrew M and Shepherd, David and Shirangi, Troy R and Simpson, Julie H and Truman, James W and Tuthill, John C and Williams, Darren W}
}
@article {1517,
	title = {Ectopic expression in the giant fiber system of Drosophila reveals distinct roles for roundabout (Robo), Robo2, and Robo3 in dendritic guidance and synaptic connectivity.},
	journal = {The Journal of Neuroscience: The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience},
	volume = {22},
	year = {2002},
	month = {2002 Apr 15},
	pages = {3117-29},
	abstract = {<p>The Roundabout (Robo) receptors have been intensively studied for their role in regulating axon guidance in the embryonic nervous system, whereas a role in dendritic guidance has not been explored. In the adult giant fiber system of Drosophila, we have revealed that ectopic Robo expression can regulate the growth and guidance of specific motor neuron dendrites, whereas Robo2 and Robo3 have no effect. We also show that the effect of Robo on dendritic guidance can be suppressed by Commissureless coexpression. Although we confirmed a role for all three Robo receptors in giant fiber axon guidance, the strong axon guidance alterations caused by overexpression of Robo2 or Robo3 have no effect on synaptic connectivity. In contrast, Robo overexpression in the giant fiber seems to directly interfere with synaptic function. We conclude that axon guidance, dendritic guidance, and synaptogenesis are separable processes and that the different Robo family members affect them distinctly.</p>
},
	keywords = {Amino Acid Motifs, Animals, Axons, Dendrites, Drosophila, Drosophila Proteins, Electric Stimulation, Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, Gene Expression, Genetically Modified, Immunologic, Insect Proteins, Membrane Proteins, Motor Neurons, Nerve Fibers, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Phenotype, Pupa, Reaction Time, Receptors, Synapses},
	issn = {1529-2401},
	doi = {20026291},
	author = {Godenschwege, Tanja A and Simpson, Julie H and Shan, Xiaoliang and Bashaw, Greg J and Goodman, Corey S and Murphey, Rodney K}
}
