Defects in synapse structure and function precede motor neuron degeneration in Drosophila models of FUS-related ALS

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 19590-19598

  Shahidullah, Mohammad ^a   Le Marchand, Sylvain J ^a   Fei, Hong ^a   Zhang, Jiaming ^a   Pandey, Udai Bhan ^b   Dalva, Matthew B ^a   Pasinelli, Piera ^a   Levitan, Irwin B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSED IN SARCOMA PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KINETICS; LARVA; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84889826574     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3396-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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