Overexpression of α-internexin causes abnormal neurofilamentous accumulations and motor coordination deficits in transgenic mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2974-2986

  Ching, Gee Y ^a   Chien, Chung Liang ^b   Flores, Roberto ^a   Liem, Ronald K H ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Intermediate filament; Motor deficits; Neurodegeneration; Neurofilament; Transgenic mice; internexin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

EID: 0033561167     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-08-02974.1999     Document Type: Article

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