Caenorhabditis elegans as an experimental tool for the study of complex neurological diseases: Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and autism spectrum disorder

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has a very well-defined and genetically tractable nervous system which offers an effective model to explore basic mechanistic pathways that might be underpin complex human neurological diseases. Here, the role C. elegans is playing in understanding two neurodegene...

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Main Authors: Calahorro, Fernando (Author), Ruiz-Rubio, Manuel (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2011-12.
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