Targeting Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Lesions to a Predetermined Axonal Tract System Allows for Refined Behavioral Testing in an Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1455-1469

  Kerschensteiner, Martin ^a,e   Stadelmann, Christine ^b   Buddeberg, Bigna S ^a   Merkler, Doron ^a,b   Bareyre, Florence M ^a   Anthony, Daniel C ^c   Linington, Christopher ^d   Brück, Wolfgang ^b   Schwab, Martin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINE;

EID: 1642375528     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63232-4     Document Type: Article

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