In-utero and post-delivery supplementation of motor neuron degeneration mutant mice with polyunsaturated fatty acids does not alter the clinical or pathological course

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-84

  Bennett, M J ^a,c   Boriack, R L ^a   Birch, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Batten disease; Electron microscopy; Electroretinography; Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis; Mnd mutant mice; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CEROID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030739956     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973678     Document Type: Article

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