Research into neurodegenerative disease: An entangled web of mice and men

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-4

  Uchihara, Toshiki ^a   Paulus, Werner ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DOWN REGULATION; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MICE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 36949002758     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-007-0319-1     Document Type: Editorial

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