Differential vulnerability of cranial motoneurons in mouse models with motor neuron degeneration

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-43

  Haenggeli, Christine ^a,b   Kato, Ann C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cranial motoneurons; Motoneuron degeneration; Mouse models; Progressive motor neuronopathy; Superoxide dismutase 1; Wobbler

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DISEASE COURSE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CRANIAL NERVES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FACIAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0037137502     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01140-0     Document Type: Article

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