Reduction of lower motor neuron degeneration in wobbler mice by N- acetyl-L-cysteine

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 7574-7582

  Henderson, Jeffrey T ^a   Javaheri, Mohammed ^a   Kopko, Susan ^a   Roder, John C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

antioxidant; lower motoneuron; murine; mutant; neurodegenerative; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; FORELIMB; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOUSE; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WERDNIG HOFFMANN DISEASE;

EID: 0029958252     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-23-07574.1996     Document Type: Article

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