Glial cells not that supportive for motor neurons;Les cellules gliales: Pas d'un si grand support pour les motoneurones

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-126

  Boillée, Séverine ^a   Lobsiger, Christian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASTROCYTE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EXCITOTOXICITY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; MICROGLIA; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUTATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NOTE;

EID: 39649089599     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2008242124     Document Type: Note

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