Variations in ventral root axon morphology and locomotor behavior components across different inbred strains of mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1477-1483

  de Mooij van Malsen, J G ^a   Yu, K L ^a   Veldman, H ^a   Oppelaar, H ^a   van den Berg, L H ^a   Olivier, B ^a,b,c   Kas, M J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosome substitution strain; home cage; motor activity levels; motor neuron anatomy; mouse; ventral roots

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR A4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRIP STRENGTH; HINDLIMB; INBRED STRAIN; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAMMAL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 70449520378     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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