Morphological remodeling of c. Elegans neurons during aging is modified by compromised protein homeostasis

npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Vayndorf, Elena M ^a   Scerbak, Courtney ^a   Hunter, Skyler ^a   Neuswanger, Jason R ^b   Toth, Marton ^c   Parker, J Alex ^d   Neri, Christian ^e,f   Driscoll, Monica ^c   Taylor, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 84983320566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20563973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjamd.2016.1     Document Type: Article

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