Motor neurons are rich in non-phosphorylated neurofilaments: Cross- species comparison and alterations in ALS

Brain Research

Volumn 861, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-58

  Tsang, Yee Man ^a   Chiong, Freddie ^a   Kuznetsov, Daniel ^a   Kasarskis, Edward ^b   Geula, Changiz ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic; Motor cortex; Phosphorylated neurofilament; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MARMOSET; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CALLITHRIX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0342657086     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)01954-5     Document Type: Article

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