Spinal motoneuron synaptic plasticity during the course of an animal model of multiple sclerosis

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3053-3062

  Marques, K B ^a   Santos, L M B ^a   Oliveira, A L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CNS plasticity; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Glia; Motoneuron; Synapse elimination

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; MOTONEURON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 33845604690     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05184.x     Document Type: Article

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