Temporal profiles of neuronal degeneration, glial proliferation, and cell death in hNFL(+/+) and NFL(-/-)mice

GLIA

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-69

  McLean, Jesse R ^a,b   Sanelli, Teresa R ^a,b   Leystra Lantz, Cheryl ^b   He, Bei Ping ^c   Strong, Michael J ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

ALS; Apoptosis; Astrocytes; Heat shock protein; Microglia; Neurofilament; Protein aggregates

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIOSIS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; INCLUSION BODIES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROGLIA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27444439730     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20218     Document Type: Article

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