Differential vulnerability of two subsets of spinal motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 248-255

  Wetts, Richard ^a   Vaughn, James E ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTONEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030271451     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0159     Document Type: Article

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