Abstract
Axonal damage can cause a loss of neural control of target peripheral muscles and other organs. The hallmark of complete recovery from severe axonal injury is a successful return of function. To assay the degree of functional loss or recovery from injury, a measurement of electrical communication at the nerve-target junction can be used. Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction (NMJ) provides a genetically tractable and easily accessible model to measure the electrophysiological properties of the synapse. To study the functional consequences of injuries to the peripheral nerve, we describe the procedure to measure the spontaneous and evoked response to neurotransmitter release at the NMJ.
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Valakh, V., Flyer-Adams, J.G. (2020). Intracellular Recordings of Postsynaptic Voltage Responses at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction. In: Babetto, E. (eds) Axon Degeneration. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2143. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0585-1_12
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