The primary locus of motor neuron death in an ALS-PDC mouse model

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1284-1289

  Lee, Grace ^a   Chu, Tony ^a   Shaw, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b General Hospital Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis parkinsonism dementia complex; Axonopathy; Cycad; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCAS; DEMENTIA; FLOUR; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICROGLIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349094518     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833037ae     Document Type: Article

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