Differential abundance of glutamate transporter subtypes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-vulnerable versus ALS-resistant brain stem motor cell groups

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 287-295

  Medina, Loreta ^a   Figueredo Cardenas, Griselle ^a   Rothstein, Jeffrey D ^b   Reiner, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; PARVALBUMIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030560870     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0198     Document Type: Article

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