Ataxic mutant mice with defects in Ca2+ channel α1A subunit gene: Morphological and functional abnormalities in cerebellar cortical neurons

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-107

  Sawada, Kazuhiko ^a   Haga, Hiromi ^a   Fukui, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Ca2+ channel; Leaner mouse; Purkinje cells; Rolling mouse Nagoya; Tottering mouse; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006197783     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2000.tb00913.x     Document Type: Review

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