Is Instability Good for the Brain?

  • Carrillo, Robert A.
  • Menon, Kaushiki
  • Zinn, Kai
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Publication date
February 2013
Publisher
Elsevier Inc.

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Nahm et al. (2013) examine the Drosophila ortholog of spartin, the human gene mutated in a form of hereditary spastic paraplegia. Spartin inhibits BMP signaling and upregulation of BMP signaling may increase microtubule stability and neurodegeneration

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