Activated p38MAPK Is a Novel Component of the Intracellular Inclusions Found in Human Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Mutant SOD1 Transgenic Mice

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-119

  Bendotti, Caterina ^a   Atzori, Cristiana ^b   Piva, Roberto ^b   Tortarolo, Massimo ^a   Strong, Michael J ^c   DeBiasi, Silvia ^d   Migheli, Antonio ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Inclusion; MAP kinase; P38MAPK; SOD1; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DORFIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0842288215     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/63.2.113     Document Type: Article

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