Axonal transport deficits and neurodegenerative diseases

S Millecamps, JP Julien - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2013 - nature.com
The intracellular transport of organelles along an axon is crucial for the maintenance and
function of a neuron. Anterograde axonal transport has a role in supplying proteins and …

Tau protein kinases: involvement in Alzheimer's disease

L Martin, X Latypova, CM Wilson, A Magnaudeix… - Ageing research …, 2013 - Elsevier
Tau phosphorylation is regulated by a balance between tau kinase and phosphatase
activities. Disruption of this equilibrium was suggested to be at the origin of abnormal tau …

Mitochondrial trafficking in neurons

TL Schwarz - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Neurons, perhaps more than any other cell type, depend on mitochondrial trafficking for their
survival. Recent studies have elucidated a motor/adaptor complex on the mitochondrial …

The importance of tau phosphorylation for neurodegenerative diseases

W Noble, DP Hanger, CCJ Miller… - Frontiers in neurology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Fibrillar deposits of highly phosphorylated tau are a key pathological feature of several
neurodegenerative tauopathies including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and some …

The axonal transport of mitochondria

WM Saxton, PJ Hollenbeck - Journal of cell science, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Vigorous transport of cytoplasmic components along axons over substantial distances is
crucial for the maintenance of neuron structure and function. The transport of mitochondria …

Microtubules in cell migration

S Etienne-Manneville - Annual review of cell and …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Migration is a polarized cellular process that opposes a protrusive front edge to a retracting
trailing edge. From the front to the rear, actin-mediated forces sequentially promote cell …

[HTML][HTML] Neurobiology of axonal transport defects in motor neuron diseases: Opportunities for translational research?

KJ De Vos, M Hafezparast - Neurobiology of disease, 2017 - Elsevier
Intracellular trafficking of cargoes is an essential process to maintain the structure and
function of all mammalian cell types, but especially of neurons because of their extreme …

Tau phosphorylation in neuronal cell function and dysfunction

GVW Johnson, WH Stoothoff - Journal of cell science, 2004 - journals.biologists.com
Tau is a group of neuronal microtubule-associated proteins that are formed by alternative
mRNA splicing and accumulate in neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain …

The axonal transport of mitochondria

PJ Hollenbeck, WM Saxton - Journal of cell science, 2005 - journals.biologists.com
Organelle transport is vital for the development and maintenance of axons, in which the
distances between sites of organelle biogenesis, function, and recycling or degradation can …

LTP inhibits LTD in the hippocampus via regulation of GSK3β

S Peineau, C Taghibiglou, C Bradley, TP Wong, L Liu… - Neuron, 2007 - cell.com
Summary Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3) has been implicated in major neurological
disorders, but its role in normal neuronal function is largely unknown. Here we show that …