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SUBMITTER: Alvarez J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7016793 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alvarez Javier J Alvarez-Illera Pilar P García-Casas Paloma P Fonteriz Rosalba I RI Montero Mayte M
Cells 20200114 1
Ca<sup>2+</sup> is a ubiquitous second messenger that plays an essential role in physiological processes such as muscle contraction, neuronal secretion, and cell proliferation or differentiation. There is ample evidence that the dysregulation of Ca<sup>2+</sup> signaling is one of the key events in the development of neurodegenerative processes, an idea called the "calcium hypothesis" of neurodegeneration. <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> (<i>C. elegans</i>) is a very good model for the study of ag ...[more]