Neurodegeneration in Niemann-Pick type C disease mice

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 218-231

  Ong, Wei Yi ^a   Kumar, Ujendra ^b   Switzer, Robert C ^c   Sidhu, Anita ^d   Suresh, Geetha ^e   Hu, Chang Yong ^a   Patel, Shutish C ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NeuroScience Associates   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol storage; Neurodegeneration; Niemann Pick type C disease; Silver staining

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; LIPID TRANSPORT; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SILVER STAINING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOLIPIDS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; PROTEINS; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0034750568     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210100870     Document Type: Article

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