Beyond the rat models of human neurodegenerative disorders

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 859-869

  Bugos, Ondrej ^a   Bhide, Mangesh ^a,c   Zilka, Norbert ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Axon Neuroscience Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Neurodegenerative disorders; Rat models; Tauopathies; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLONING; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSURGERY; MOUSE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAUOPATHY; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSGENIC RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 68149182585     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-009-9367-5     Document Type: Article

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