Slowing of axonal transport is a very early event in the toxicity of ALS-linked SOD1 mutants to motor neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-56

  Williamson, Toni L ^a   Cleveland, Don W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUBULIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033366384     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/4553     Document Type: Article

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