Pathogenesis of two axonopathies does not require axonal neurofilaments

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6667, 1998, Pages 584-587

  Eyer, J ^a   Cleveland, D W ^b   Wong, P C ^c   Peterson, A C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DYSTONIA; GENE MUTATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOUSE; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AXONS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLLAGEN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTONIA MUSCULORUM DEFORMANS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROFILAMENTS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032484934     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35378     Document Type: Article

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