Fatigability of spinal reflex transmission in a mouse model (SOD1 G93A) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-236

  Schomburg, Eike D ^a   Steffens, Heinz ^a,b   Zschüntzsch, Jana ^a   Dibaj, Payam ^a,b   Keller, Bernhard U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALS; Reflex fatigability; Reflex recovery; SOD1; Spinal motor neurons

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; FATIGUE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL REFLEX; STIMULATION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78751664564     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21835     Document Type: Article

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