The dopaminergic system in the aging brain of Drosophila

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2010, Pages

  White, Katherine E ^a   Humphrey, Dickon M ^a   Hirth, Frank ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Behavior; Brain; Dopamine; Drosophila; Locomotion; Motor control; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891730000     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2010.00205     Document Type: Article

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