Drosophila : a toolbox for the study of neurodegenerative disease /

Other Authors: Mudher, Amritpal, Newman, Tracey A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York: Taylor & Francis Group, c2008
Series:Symposia of the Society for Experimantal Biology ; 60
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Modelling neurodegenerative diseases in Drosophila / David Shepherd, Amritpal Mudher, and Tracey A. Newman
  • Drosophila genetics for the analysis of neurobiological disease / K.G. Moffat
  • Using Drosophila models to unravel pathogenic mechanisms that underlie neurodegeneration in tauopathies / Amritpal Mudher .. [et al.]
  • Modelling cell and isoform type specificity of tauopathies in Drosophila / Sofia Grammenoudi .. [et al.]
  • Using a Drosophila model of Alzheimerʹs disease / Damian C. Crowther .. [et al.]
  • Amyloid peptides and ion channel function in Drosophila models of Alzheimerʹs disease / Laurence A. Brown .. [et al.]
  • Genetic models of Parkinsonʹs disease: mechanisms and therapies / Alexander J. Whitworth and Leo J. Pallanck
  • Modelling lysosomal storage disease in Drosophila / Sean T. Sweeney
  • Drosophila melanogaster in the study of epilepsy / Nara I. Muraro and Richard A. Baines
  • Hereditary spastic paraplegia genes in Drosophila : dissecting their roles in axonal degeneration and intracellular traffic / Xinnan Wang and Cahir J. OʹKane
  • Triplet repeat diseases : the role of fly models in understanding disease mechanisms and designing possible therapies / Zdenek Berger