Immune deficiency in mouse models for inherited peripheral neuropathies leads to improved myelin maintenance

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 729-735

  Schmid, Christoph D ^a,b   Stienekemeier, Martina ^a   Oehen, Stephan ^c   Bootz, Frank ^c   Zielasek, Jürgen ^a   Gold, Ralf ^a   Toyka, Klaus V ^a   Schachner, Melitta ^d   Martini, Rudolf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Electron microscopy; Electrophysiology; Immune deficiency; Immune system; Macrophages; Myelin degeneration; Myelin protein zero; P0; Schwann cell; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0034651089     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-02-00729.2000     Document Type: Article

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