An animal model manifesting neurodegeneration and obesity

Aging

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 453-456

  Susaki, Etsuo ^a,b   Nakayama, Keiichi I ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mouse model; Neurodegeneration; Obesity; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

UBE4B PROTEIN, MOUSE; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OBESITY; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASE COMPLEXES; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 79952110261     PISSN: 19454589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100172     Document Type: Article

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