Involvement of genes required for synaptic function in aging control in C. elegans

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-29

  Shen, Lu Lu ^a,b   Wang, Yang ^a,b   Wang, Da Yong ^a,b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; C. elegans; Dauer formation; Insulin pathway; Neurotransmission; Synapse

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; NEUREXIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SNARE PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 1; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNTAXIN 1;

AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; LIFESPAN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSULIN; LIPOFUSCIN; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33847772268     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-007-0003-4     Document Type: Article

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