Differential expression of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors in rat spinal cord somatic and autonomic motoneurons: Possible implications for the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 140-147

  Anneser, Johanna M H ^a,b   Domenico Borasio, Gian ^b   Berthele, Achim ^a,c   Zieglgänsberger, Walter ^a   Tölle, Thomas R ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MOTONEURON; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0344223536     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1999.0237     Document Type: Article

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