Selective loss of α motoneurons innervating the medial gastrocnemius muscle in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 329-336

  Mohajeri, M Hasan ^a   Figlewicz, Denise A ^a   Bohn, Martha C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FALS; Fluorogold; Motor deficit; SOD 1; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FLUOROGOLD;

ADOLESCENT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; MUSCLE MASS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032051750     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6758     Document Type: Article

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