Progressive neurodegeneration in C. elegans model of tauopathy

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 372-383

  Miyasaka, Tomohiro ^a   Ding, Zhen ^a,b   Gengyo Ando, Keiko ^b   Oue, Miho ^c   Yamaguchi, Haruyasu ^d   Mitani, Shohei ^b   Ihara, Yasuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C. elegans; FTDP 17; Neurodegeneration; tau; Tauopathy; Touch neuron

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; TAU PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; LIFESPAN; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TAUOPATHY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTUBULES; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURITES; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES; TOUCH;

EID: 26944463072     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2005.03.017     Document Type: Article

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