The Voltage-gated sodium channel in Drosophila, Para, localizes to dendrites as well as axons in mechanosensitive chordotonal neurons
Thomas A. Ravenscroft, Ashleigh Jacobs, Mingxue Gu, Daniel F. Eberl, Hugo Jozef Bellen
This paper shows that the voltage-gated sodium channel Para localizes to dendrites and axons in Drosophila chordotonal neurons, suggesting dendritic spike initiation zones and roles in mechanotransduction.
eNeuro · Jun 1, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience