Progressive neurodegeneration in Drosophila: A model system

Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 65, 2003, Pages 51-62

  Tschape J A ^a   Bettencourt Da Cruz, A ^a   Kretzschmar, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Biozentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN REGION; CELL DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC SCREENING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTANT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; NECROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DROSOPHILA; HEREDODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION;

EID: 0141906285     PISSN: 03036995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0643-3_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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