Overexpression of neurofilament subunit NF-L and NF-H extends survival of a mouse model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-74

  Kong, Jiming ^a   Xu, Zuoshang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Motoneuron; Motor neuron disease; Neurodegeneration; Neurodegenerative disease; Neurofilament; SOD1

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033953140     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00808-9     Document Type: Article

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