Squid (Loligo pealei) giant fiber system: A model for studying neurodegeneration and dementia?

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 318-333

  Grant, Philip ^a   Zheng, Yali ^a   Pant, Harish C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CEPHALOPOD; DEREGULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEPHALOPOD; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; GANGLION; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DECAPODIFORMES; DEMENTIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES;

CEPHALOPODA; LOLIGO PEALEI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745700919     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4134568     Document Type: Review

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