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Electrophysiological recordings from Drosophila embryos allow analyses of developing muscle and neuron electrical properties, as well as characterization of functional synaptogenesis at the glutamatergic neuromuscular junction and central cholinergic and GABAergic synapses.
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Chen, K., Featherstone, D. E., Broadie, K. Electrophysiological Recording in the Drosophila Embryo. J. Vis. Exp. (27), e1348, doi:10.3791/1348 (2009).
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