Neonatal death in mice lacking cardiotrophin-like cytokine is associated with multifocal neuronal hypoplasia

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 514-519

  Zou, X ^a,b   Bolon, B ^a   Pretorius, J K ^a   Kurahara, C ^a   McCabe, J ^b   Christiansen, K A ^b   Sun, N ^a   Duryea, D ^a   Foreman, O ^c   Senaldi, G ^a   Itano, A A ^a   Siu, G ^a  

^a Department of Inflammation Research ^*  (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial nucleus; Knockout; Motor neuron; Neonatal lethal; Phenotype; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

MUS; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

CARDIOTROPHIN LIKE CYTOKINE; CARDIOTROPHIN-LIKE CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CYTOKINES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 67649908526     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.08-VP-0239-B-BC     Document Type: Article

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