Vascular endothelial growth factor overexpression delays neurodegeneration and prolongs survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 304-307

  Wang, Yaoming ^a   Xiao, Ou Mao ^a   Xie, Lin ^a   Banwait, Surita ^a   Marti, Hugo H ^b   Greenberg, David A ^a   Jin, Kunlin ^a  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Motor neuron; Neurodegeneration; Superoxide dismutase 1; Transgenic; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33846221802     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4433-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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