Disruption of neuronal function by soluble hyperphosphorylated tau in a Drosophila model of tauopathy

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 564-570

  Cowan, Catherine M ^a   Chee, Francis ^a   Shepherd, David ^a   Mudher, Amritpal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Axonal transport; Lithium; Microtubule; Neurofibrillary tangle; Synapse

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; TAU PROTEIN KINASE; TAU-PROTEIN KINASE;

CELL FUNCTION; DROSOPHILA; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; TAUOPATHY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SOLUBILITY; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77953249839     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0380564     Document Type: Review

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