Quantitative immunocytochemical analysis of the spinal cord in G86R superoxide dismutase transgenic mice: Neurochemical correlates of selective vulnerability

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 373, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 619-631

  Morrison, Brett M ^a   Gordon, Jon W ^a   Ripps, Michael E ^a   Morrison, John H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; calbindin; motoneuron; neurofilament; stereology

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPINAL CORD; STEREOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0029793872     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960930)373:4<619::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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