Metal-induced neurodegeneration in C. elegans

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Pan ^a   Martinez Finley, Ebany J ^a   Bornhorst, Julia ^a   Chakraborty, Sudipta ^a   Aschner, Michael ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; C. elegans; Metals; Neurodegeneration; Neurotransmitters

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; METHYLMERCURY; OCTOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; TYRAMINE; ZINC;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HABITUATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; LOCOMOTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TRANSGENICS;

EID: 84883501192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00018     Document Type: Review

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