Aquaporin-4 as a potential marker of BBB disruption in ALS models

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 253-254

  Nicaise, Charles ^a   Soyfoo, Muhammad Shahnawaz ^b   Delporte, Christine ^b   Pochet, Roland ^a  

^a Laboratory of Histology Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL DEGENERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE COURSE; HYPOXIA; LETTER; MICROVASCULATURE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS;

EID: 77649283161     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960902803457     Document Type: Letter

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