Astrocytes interact intimately with degenerating motor neurons in mouse amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

GLIA

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-224

  Levine, John B ^a   Kong, Jiming ^a,b   Nadler, Mark ^a   Xu, Zuoshang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrogliosis; Motoneuron; Neurodegeneration; SOD1; Spinal cord; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033485920     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199912)28:3<215::AID-GLIA5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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