Drosophila : a toolbox for the study of neurodegenerative disease /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Mudher, Amritpal, Newman, Tracey
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Taylor & Francis Group, 2008.
Series:	Experimental biology reviews.
Subjects:	Nervous system > Degeneration > Animal models. Drosophila. Neurodegenerative Diseases > physiopathology. Disease Models, Animal. Drosophila melanogaster.

Table of Contents:

Modelling neurodegenerative diseases in Drosophila
Drosophila genetics for the analysis of neurobiological disease
Using Drosophila models to unravel pathogenic mechanisms that underlie neurodegeneration in tauopathies
Modelling cell and isoform type specificity of tauopathies in Drosophila
Using a Drosophila model of Alzheimer's disease
Amyloid peptides and ion channel function in Drosophila models of Alzheimer's disease
Genetic models of Parkinson's disease: mechanisms and therapies
Modelling lysosomal storage disease in Drosophila
Drosophila melanogaster in the study of epilepsy
Hereditary spastic paraplegia genes in Drosophila : dissecting their roles in axonal degeneration and intracellular traffic
Triplet repeat diseases : the role of fly models in understanding disease mechanisms and designing possible therapies