Degeneration of corticospinal and bulbospinal systems in the superoxide dismutase 1G93A G1H transgenic mouse model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 332, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-102

  Zang, D W ^a   Cheema, S S ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Bulbospinal; Corticospinal; Motor neuron disease; Rubrospinal; Superoxide dismutase 1G93A G1H

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; MUTANT PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRACER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STEREOMETRY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0037206646     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00944-8     Document Type: Article

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