Over-expression of tau results in defective synaptic transmission in Drosophila neuromuscular junctions

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 918-928

  Chee, Francis C ^a   Mudher, Amritpal ^a   Cuttle, Matthew F ^a   Newman, Tracey A ^a   MacKay, Daniel ^b   Lovestone, Simon ^b   Shepherd, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Animal model; Drosophila; Neurodegeneration; Synapse; Tau mitochondria

Indexed keywords

DYE; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOCYTOSIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXOCYTOSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CARBONYL CYANIDE P-TRIFLUOROMETHOXYPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CELL RESPIRATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXOCYTOSIS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LARVA; MITOCHONDRIA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES;

EID: 27744600579     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2005.05.029     Document Type: Article

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