Vascular endothelial growth factor attenuates neurodegenerative changes in the NSC-34 motor neuron cell line induced by cerebrospinal fluid of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 322-330

  Kulshreshtha, Dinkar ^a   Vijayalakshmi, K ^a   Alladi, Phalguni Anand ^a   Sathyaprabha, T N ^a   Nalini, Atchayaram ^a   Raju, T R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Confocal microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Lactate dehydrogenase assay; Motor neuron cell line; Phosphorylated neurofilaments

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PILOT PROJECTS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 79958796481     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323718     Document Type: Article

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