A mouse model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis expressing a mutant superoxide dismutase 1 shows evidence of disordered transport in the vasopressin hypothalamo-neurohypophysial axis

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4179-4187

  De Aguilar, José Luis González ^a   Gordon, Jon W ^b   René, Frédérique ^a   Lutz Bucher, Bernadette ^a   Kienlen Campard, Pascal ^a   Loeffler, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Ultrastructure; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VASOPRESSIN;

AGE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BODY WATER; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEUROSECRETION; PITUITARY GLAND; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0033428885     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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