Time course of neuropathology in the spinal cord of G86R superoxide dismutase transgenic mice

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 391, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-77

  Morrison, Brett M ^a   Janssen, William G ^a   Gordon, Jon W ^a   Morrison, John H ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Neurobiology of Aging Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Astrocytes; Electron microscopy; Interneurons; Motor neurons

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; INCLUSION BODIES; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 0032472831     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980202)391:1<64::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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