Search for dissertations about: "Mauthner cell"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Mauthner cell.

  2. 1. Physiological role of amyloid precursor protein during neural development

    Author : Rakesh Kumar Banote; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Amyloid precursor protein; Zebrafish; Spinal cord; Motor neurons; Hindbrain; Mauthner cell; Development; Proteomics;

    Abstract : Amyloid precursor protein (APP) is a type-one membrane-spanning protein with a large extracellular N-terminal domain and a small intracellular C-terminal domain. APP first gained interest due to its involvement in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). READ MORE

  4. 2. Swimming with the current : Fictive locomotion reveals subtle phenotypes in the zebrafish locomotor network

    Author : Harmen Kornelis Koning; Henrik Boije; David McLean; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; dmrt3a; wt1a; spinal cord; Mauthner cell; neural development; locomotor network; zebrafish;

    Abstract : Neural networks are the functional building blocks of the central nervous system. To better understand how these networks develop and operate, we turned to the zebrafish locomotor network, with a focus on subtypes of interneurons expressing dmrt3a and wt1a. READ MORE