N-acetyl-L-cysteine improves survival and preserves motor performance in an animal model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

NeuroReport

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2491-2493

  Andreassen, Ole A ^a   Dedeoglu, Alpaslan ^a   Klivenyi, Peter ^a   Beal, M Flint ^a,b   Bush, Ashley I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Copper zinc superoxide dismutase; Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Free radicals; N acetyl cysteine; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0034601439     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200008030-00029     Document Type: Article

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