Insect glia represents a conspicuous and diverse population of cells and plays a role in
controlling neuronal progenitor proliferation, axonal growth, neuronal differentiation and …

The Drosophila embryo provides a useful model system to study the mechanisms that lead
to pattern and cell diversity in the central nervous system (CNS). The Drosophila CNS, which …

The mushroom body (MB) is an important centre for higher order sensory integration and
learning in insects. To analyse the development and organisation of the MB neuropile in …

We report the identification of a Drosophila locus, reversed polarity (repo). Weak repo alleles
were viable but affected glia in the optic lobe, resulting in a reversal in polarity of the …

An experimental analysis of neurogenesis requires a detailed understanding of wild-type
neural development. Recent DiI cell lineage studies have begun to elucidate the family of …

We report the cloning and primary structure of the Drosophila insulin receptor gene (inr),
functional expression of the predicted polypeptide, and the isolation of mutations in the inr …

InDrosophila, central nervous system (CNS) formation starts with the delamination from the
neuroectoderm of about 30 neuroblasts (NBs) per hemisegment. They give rise to …

In the Drosophila CNS, both neurons and glia are derived from neuroblasts. We have
identified a gene, glial cells missing (gcm), that encodes a novel nuclear protein expressed …

We describe the cloning, expression and phenotypic characterisation of repo, a gene from
Drosophila melanogaster that is essential for the differentiation and maintenance of glia …

To facilitate the investigation of glial development in Drosophila, we present a detailed
description of the Drosophila glial cells in the ventral nerve cord. A GAL4 enhancer-trap …