为什么在神经元退变疾病(neurodegenerative disease)中一些神经元被选择性地指向死亡?最新的一篇文章结合了果蝇和小鼠的遗传学,揭示了蒲肯野细胞(Purkinje cell)在脊髓小脑性共济失调-1(spinocerebellar ataxia-1)中易受攻击的秘密。
(Figure 1.Tsudaet al. demonstrate homologous pathways that mediate ataxin-1–induced neurodegeneration in mouse andDrosophilamodels of SCA-1.)