Dopaminergic neuronal loss and motor deficits in Caenorhabditis elegans overexpressing human α-synuclein

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 165-172

  Lakso, Merja ^a   Vartiainen, Suvi ^a   Moilanen, Anu Maarit ^b   Sirviö, Jouni ^b   Thomas, James H ^c   Nass, Richard ^d   Blakely, Randy D ^d   Wong, Garry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Orion Pharma   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

synuclein; Model organism; Motor neuron; Neurodegeneration; Worm transgenic

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LOSS; DENDRITE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DROSOPHILA; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNUCLEOPATHY;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; SYNUCLEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037971209     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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