Expression of alzheimer-like pathological human tau induces a behavioral motor and olfactory learning deficit in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 539-550

  Beharry, Cindy ^a   Alaniz, Maria Eugenia ^a   Alonso, Alejandra Del Carmen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease model; behavior; hyperphosphorylation; neurodegeneration; tau; transgenic Drosophila

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFESPAN; MEMORY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSGENIC DROSOPHILA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; SMELL; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84889658204     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-130617     Document Type: Article

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