Accelerated demyelination of peripheral nerves in mice deficient in connexin 32 and protein zero

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 542-550

  Neuberg, Dirk H H ^a   Carenini, Stefano ^a   Schachner, Melitta ^a,b   Martini, Rudolf ^a,c   Suter, Ueli ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Mouse genetics; Myelin; Neuronglia interaction; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; MYELIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; DEMYELINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GLIA CELL; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REMYELINIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031872724     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19980901)53:5<542::AID-JNR4>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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