Absence of IFNγ expression induces neuronal degeneration in the spinal cord of adult mice

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Victório, Sheila C S ^a   Havton, Leif A ^b   Oliveira, Alexandre L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; GAMMA INTERFERON; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIA CELL; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AXOTOMY; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 78149346126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-7-77     Document Type: Article

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