title: Neural disease: Drosophila degenerates for a good cause.
abstract: Human neurodegenerative disorders are typified by late onset cell loss in specific brain regions and stereotypic neuroanatomical and behavioral aberrations. Recent studies suggest that molecular genetic approaches in Drosophila may shed important new light on conserved mechanisms underlying such disorders.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mutsuddi
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Nambu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D017344:Genes, Insect; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D009154:Mutation; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018698:Glutamic Acid