Resistance of extraocular motoneuron terminals to effects of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis sera

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 252-255

  Mosier, Dennis R ^a   Siklós, Laszlo ^b   Appel, Stanley H ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

ALS; Calcium binding proteins; Extraocular muscles; Neuromuscular junction; Selective vulnerability; Transmitter release

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; HUMAN; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

EID: 0033971175     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.54.1.252     Document Type: Article

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