Striking pattern of Purkinje cell loss in cerebellum of an ataxic mutant mouse, tottering

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 138-145

  Sawada, Kazuhiko ^a   Azad, Abul Kalam ^a   Sakata Haga, Hiromi ^a   Lee, Nam Seob ^b   Jeong, Young Gil ^b   Fukui, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Konyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Ca2+ channelopathy; Cerebellum; P Q type Ca2+ channel; Purkinje cell; Zebrin

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CACNA1A PROTEIN, MOUSE; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NERVE PROTEIN; ZEBRIN II;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PURKINJE CELL;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, Q-TYPE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; INDOLES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SIZE; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 65549164233     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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