Knockdown of the Drosophila Fused in Sarcoma (FUS) Homologue Causes Deficient Locomotive Behavior and Shortening of Motoneuron Terminal Branches

• Hiroshi Sasayama ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroshi Sasayama, Mai Shimamura

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Mai Shimamura ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroshi Sasayama, Mai Shimamura

  Affiliations Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, Insect Biomedical Research Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Takahiko Tokuda ,

  * E-mail: ttokuda@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp (TT); myamaguc@kit.ac.jp (MY)

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Molecular Pathobiology of Brain Diseases, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Yumiko Azuma,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Tomokatsu Yoshida,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Toshiki Mizuno,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Masanori Nakagawa,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Nobuhiro Fujikake,

  Affiliation Department of Degenerative Neurological Diseases, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshitaka Nagai,

  Affiliation Department of Degenerative Neurological Diseases, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masamitsu Yamaguchi

  * E-mail: ttokuda@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp (TT); myamaguc@kit.ac.jp (MY)

  Affiliations Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, Insect Biomedical Research Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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