Abnormalities of cortical inhibitory neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-71

  Enterzari Taher, Mohammed ^a   Eisen, Andrew ^a,b   Stewart, Heather ^a   Nakajima, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; dysinhibition; excitatory postsynaptic potential; gamma aminobutyric acidergic neurons; peristimulus time histogram

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; PARVALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031015012     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199701)20:1<65::AID-MUS9>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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