Role of Renshaw cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-443

  Mazzocchio, Riccardo ^a   Rossi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALS; Corticospinal; Motoneuron; Recurrent inhibition; Renshaw cell

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL FUNCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RENSHAW CELL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77950258755     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21602     Document Type: Note

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