Alpha-synuclein loss in spinal muscular atrophy

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-283

  Acsadi, Gyula ^a,b   Li, Xingli ^a   Murphy, Kelley J ^c   Swoboda, Kathryn J ^c   Parker, Graham C ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha synuclein; Motor neuron disease; Spinal muscular atrophy; Survival motor neuron

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; SMN COMPLEX PROTEINS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 79955866704     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-010-9422-1     Document Type: Article

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