Leuven Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (LIND)

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Neuroscience

In Vivo Single-Molecule Tracking at the Drosophila Presynaptic Motor Nerve Terminal

Adekunle T. Bademosi¹, Elsa Lauwers², Rumelo Amor³, Patrik Verstreken², Bruno van Swinderen³, Frédéric A. Meunier¹

¹Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, ²VIB Centre for Brain and Disease Research, KU Leuven Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (LIND), ³Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland

Here we illustrate how single molecule photo-activated localization microscopy can be carried out on the motor nerve terminal of a live Drosophila melanogaster third instar larva.