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1 online resource. |
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Neurodegenerative diseases-laboratory and clinical research |
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Neurodegenerative diseases--laboratory and clinical research.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Description based on print version record. |
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DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER MODELS OF MOTOR NEURON DISEASE ; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER MODELS OF MOTOR NEURON DISEASE ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; A RESPONSIBLE CHOICE OF MODEL ORGANISM ; Chapter 1 GENETICS OF MOTOR NEURON DISORDERS: FROM GENE DIVERSITY TO COMMON CELLULAR CONSPIRATORS IN SELECTIVE NEURONAL KILLING ; ABSTRACT ; ABBREVIATIONS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ; 1.1. Common Pathogenic Mechanisms in ALS ; 1.1.1. Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dysfunction; 1.1.2. Dysregulated Intracellular Membrane Trafficking. |
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1.1.3. Abnormal Axonal Transport and Cytoskeleton 1.1.4. Defective RNA Processing ; 1.1.5. Impaired proteostasis ; 2. HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA ; 2.1. Common Pathogenic Mechanisms in HSP ; 2.1.1. Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dysfunction ; 2.1.2. Dysregulated Intracellular Membrane Trafficking ; 2.1.3. Abnormal Axonal Transport and Cytoskeleton; 2.1.4. Defective Myelination and Lipid Metabolism; 3. CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE ; 3.1. Common Pathogenic Mechanisms in CMT2 ; 3.1.1. Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dysfunction ; 3.1.2. Dysregulated Intracellular Membrane Trafficking. |
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3.1.3. Abnormal Axonal Transport and Cytoskeleton 3.1.4. Defective Myelination and Lipid Metabolism ; 3.1.5. Impaired proteostasis ; 5. SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES AND OTHER MOTOR NEURON DISORDERS ; 5.1. Common Pathogenic Mechanisms in SMA and Other MNDs ; 5.1.1. Dysregulated Intracellular Membrane Trafficking ; 5.1.2. Abnormal Axonal Transport and Cytoskeleton ; 5.1.3. Defective RNA Processing ; 5.1.4. Impaired Proteostasis ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; ABOUT THE AUTHORS ; REFERENCES. |
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Chapter 2 A SECRETED LIGAND FOR GROWTH CONE RECEPTORS, VAP MEDIATES THE CELLULAR PATHOLOGICAL DEFECTS IN ALS ABSTRACT; ABBREVIATIONS ; INTRODUCTION ; STUDIES ON MUTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FAMILIAL FORMS OF ALS ENABLE US TO UNDERSTAND THE CORE PATHOLOGY OF ALS ; DOMINANTLY INHERITED MISSENSE MUTATIONS IN VAP ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A FAMILIAL FORM OF ALS ; VAP IS AN ER TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN CONTAINING A MSP DOMAIN ; VAP FUNCTIONS IN NOVEL SIGNALLING PATHWAYS ; CLEAVAGE OF VAP RELEASES MSP DOMAIN-CONTAINING FRAGMENTS THAT ARE SECRETED. |
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VAP ACTS AS A LIGAND FOR EPH RECEPTOR AND MEDIATES EPH SIGNALLING VAP MSP MEDIATES ROBO AND LAR RECEPTORS AND FUNCTIONS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE MITOCHONDRIA IN MUSCLE ; ALS MUTATION CAUSES TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEFECTS: A FAILURE OF VAP SECRETION (LOSS-OF-FUNCTION) AND ER STRESS (GAIN-OF-FUNCTION) AND ER STRESS (GAIN-OF-FUNCTION OR TOXIC DEFECTS) ; CONCLUSION ; ABOUT THE AUTHORS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3 FLIES IN MOTION: WHAT DROSOPHILA CAN TELL US ABOUT AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; ALS IN MODEL ORGANISMS: YEAST TO MICE ; Current Hypotheses for ALS. |
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Motor neurons -- Models.
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Drosophila melanogaster.
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
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Drosophila melanogaster |
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Sclérose latérale amyotrophique.
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Drosophila melanogaster.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Alzheimer's & Dementia.
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MEDICAL -- Neurology.
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Drosophila melanogaster
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Motor neurons -- Diseases
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| Added Author |
Cauchi, Ruben J., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drosophila melanogaster models of motor neuron disease New York : Nova Biomedical, [2013] 9781626187474 (hbk.) (DLC) 2013937391 |
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9781626187979 ebook |
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1626187975 |
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1626187479 hbk. |
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9781626187474 hbk. |
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AU@ 000062327113 |
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DEBBG BV041572567 |
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