Comparison of pathological alterations in ALS and a murine transgenic model: Pathogenetic implications

Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 332-337

  Dal Canto, Nauro C ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University Medical School ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD); transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN BIOPSY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 0029433186     PISSN: 10656766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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