RET-like immunostaining of spinal motoneurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Brain Research

Volumn 789, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 351-354

  Duberley, R M ^a,b   Johnson, I P ^b   Martin, J E ^a   Anand, P ^a  

^a S Bartholomew's Roy London H ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; GDNF receptor; Immunocytochemistry; RET; Spinal motoneuron

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOTONEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPINAL CORD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032513554     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01570-9     Document Type: Article

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