Altered ionic conductances in axons of transgenic mouse expressing the human neurofilament heavy gene: A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 414-421

  Križ, Jasna ^a   Meier, Jurgen ^a   Julien, Jean Pierre ^a   Padjen, Ante L ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action potential; Conduction velocity; Intraaxonal recording; Myelinated axons; Neurofilaments; Neuropathy; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FASCICULATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; ION CONDUCTANCE; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034122315     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2000.7378     Document Type: Article

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