Transthyretin is not expressed by dorsal root ganglia cells

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 362-365

  Sousa, Mónica Mendes ^a   Saraiva, Maria João ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Dorsal root ganglia; Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MENINX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREALBUMIN; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 56349106019     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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