Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism of brain diseases

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 407-440

  Jeibmann, Astrid ^a   Paulus, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain disease; Drosophila; Fly

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPILEPSY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; KENNEDY DISEASE; LEIGH DISEASE; LIPOFUSCINOSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROMA; NIEMAN PICK DISEASE; NON CODING TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYGLUTAMINE DISORDER; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 3; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 8; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TAUOPATHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

BRAIN DISEASE; DROSOPHILA; FLY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; PRION DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; RODENTIA;

EID: 61449261803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10020407     Document Type: Review

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