Slow component of axonal transport is impaired in the proximal axon of transgenic mice with a G93A mutant SOD1 gene

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 452-460

  Sasaki, Shoichi ^a   Warita, Hitoshi ^b   Abe, Koji ^c   Iwata, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yonezawa National Hospital   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Axonal transport; Neurofilament; SOD1 mutant; Vacuolation

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYELIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL LOSS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; LEWY BODY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROID CELL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; GLYCINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODIES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROPIL; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342418195     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-004-0838-y     Document Type: Article

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