Neurodegeneration: Of (transgenic) mice and men

Brain Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 695-697

  Aguzzi, Adriano ^a   Raeber, Alex J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE DEGENERATION;

EID: 0031660538     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1998.tb00195.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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