Chemotherapy delays progression of motor neuron disease in the SOD1 G93A transgenic mouse

Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 138-142

  Bruce, K M ^a   Narayan, K ^b   Kong, H C ^c   Larmour, I ^c   Lopes, E C ^a   Turner, B J ^a   Bertram, J F ^a   Cheema, S S ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Astrocyte; Histology; Microglia; Vincristine

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; VINCRISTINE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOLOGY; MICROGLIA; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGE OF ONSET; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COUNT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROGLIA; PLANT LECTINS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL RATE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 3242791658     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077888     Document Type: Article

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