Intracellular calcium deficits in Drosophila cholinergic neurons expressing wild type or FAD-mutant presenilin.

Much of our current understanding about neurodegenerative diseases can be attributed to the study of inherited forms of these disorders. For example, mutations in the presenilin 1 and 2 genes have been linked to early onset familial forms of Alzheimer's disease (FAD). Using the Drosophila centr...

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Main Authors: Kinga Michno, David Knight, Jorge M Campusano, Diana van de Hoef, Gabrielle L Boulianne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2733141?pdf=render