Acquired temperature-sensitive paralysis as a biomarker of declining neuronal function in aging Drosophila

Aging Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-186

  Reenan, Robert A ^a   Rogina, Blanka ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomarkers; Drosophila melanogaster; Na+ channels; Physiological decline

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; HEREDITY; LIFESPAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WILD TYPE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; LOCOMOTION; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; PARALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 40549138114     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2008.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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