Glial expression of Swiss cheese (SWS), the Drosophila orthologue of neuropathy target esterase (NTE), is required for neuronal ensheathment and function

Mutations in Drosophila Swiss cheese (SWS) or its vertebrate orthologue neuropathy target esterase (NTE), respectively, cause progressive neuronal degeneration in Drosophila and mice and a complex syndrome in humans that includes mental retardation, spastic paraplegia and blindness.SWS and NTE are widely expressed in neurons but can also be found i

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System Optimum Fuzzy Traffic Assignment Problem

This paper focuses on converting the system optimum traffic assignment problem (SO-TAP) to system optimum fuzzy traffic assignment problem (SO-FTAP).The SO-TAP aims to minimize the total system travel time on road network between the specified origin and destination points.Link travel time is taken as a linear function of fuzzy link flow; thus each

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Neuroendocrine Changes during Menopausal Transition

Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstrual cycles following the loss of ovarian follicular activity.Quality of life of postmenopausal woman is the result of a series of psychobiological transformations, that see in the reduction of sex hormones and steroids the etiopathogenetic determinant moment.Symptoms of menopause range from somatic side

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