Lack of caspase-dependent apoptosis in spinal motor neurons of the wobbler mouse

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 426, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-110

  Bigini, Paolo ^a   Atzori, Cristiana ^b   Fumagalli, Elena ^a   Cagnotto, Alfredo ^a   Barbera, Sara ^a   Migheli, Antonio ^b   Mennini, Tiziana ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Centro Malattie da Prioni DOMP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Apoptosis; Caspases; Motor neurons; Wobbler mouse

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA FRAGMENT;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34648835011     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.08.057     Document Type: Article

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