A comparison of the neuronal dysfunction caused by Drosophila tau and human tau in a Drosophila model of tauopathies

Invertebrate Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-171

  Ubhi, Kiren K ^a   Shaibah, Hassan ^a   Newman, Tracey A ^a   Shepherd, David ^a   Mudher, Amritpal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Axonal transport; Neurodegeneration; Tau

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TAUOPATHY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONAL TRANSPORT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MOVEMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES;

EID: 34548317186     PISSN: 13542516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10158-007-0052-4     Document Type: Article

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