Altered reaction of facial motoneurons to axonal damage in the presymptomatic phase of a murine model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 331-335

  Mariotti, R ^a   Cristino, L ^a,c   Bressan, C ^a   Boscolo, S ^b   Bentivoglio, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Nerve transection; Neurodegeneration; Oxidative stress; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; STRESS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0037146686     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00448-7     Document Type: Article

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