Nerve conduction velocity measurements reveal the functional deficit in ceramide galactosyl transferase-deficient (cgt-/-) mice

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-88

  Haupt, Walter F ^a   Stoffel, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dysmyelinosis; Galactocerebroside and sulfatide (cgt ) deficient mouse model; Gene targeting; Myelin membrane lipid bilayer; Nerve conduction velocity

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDUCTOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; MYELINATED NERVE; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SPECIES COMPARISON; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0346849959     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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