Spinal motor neuron neuroaxonal spheroids in chronic aluminum neurotoxicity contain phosphatase-resistant high molecular weight neurofilament (NFH)

Toxicology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 17-24

  Gaytan Garcia, S ^a   Kim, Harold ^a   Strong, M J ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminium neurotoxicity; Motor neuron disease; Neurofilament; Phosphatase; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOTONEURON; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPHEROID CELL;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029974520     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(95)03266-I     Document Type: Article

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