Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Recent insights from genetics and transgenic mice

Cell

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 687-692

  Brown Jr , Robert H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0028960506     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(95)90346-1     Document Type: Review

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