Implications of blood-brain barrier disruption in ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 375-376

  Garbuzova Davis, Svitlana ^a   Saporta, Samuel ^a   Sanberg, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 5; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL INTERACTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESPAN; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; HUMANS;

EID: 54049123282     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17482960802160990     Document Type: Letter

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