Recent advances in using Drosophila to model neurodegenerative diseases

Apoptosis

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1008-1020

  Lu, Bingwei ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Batten disease; Mitochondrial dynamics; Parkinson's disease; Polyglutamine diseases; Prion disease; Spinal muscular atrophy; Synaptic dysfunction; Tauopathies

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; DJ 1 PROTEIN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2; MICRORNA; PARKIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; RNA; SIRTUIN 2;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TAUOPATHY; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PEPTIDES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 68149154977     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: 1573675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-009-0347-5     Document Type: Article

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