Sensory involvement in the SOD1-G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 140-150

  Guo, Yan Su ^a   Wu, Dong Xia ^a   Wu, Hong Ran ^a   Wu, Shu Yu ^a   Yang, Cheng ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Bu, Hui ^a   Zhang, Yue Sheng ^b   Li, Chun Yan ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Mutation; Nerve degeneration; Spinal cord; Spinal nerve roots; Superoxide dismutase 1

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; EXBB PROTEIN; FUNICULOSIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DORSAL ROOT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA; WALLERIA;

EID: 65949109907     PISSN: 12263613     EISSN: 20926413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3858/emm.2009.41.3.017     Document Type: Article

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