Motoneuron subtypes show specificity in glycine receptor channel abnormalities in a transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Channels

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-303

  Chang, Qing ^a   Martin, Lee J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha motoneuron; Gamma motoneuron; Hb9 eGFP; mIPSC; Motoneuron culture; Mutant SOD1; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHANNELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 79960831560     PISSN: 19336950     EISSN: 19336969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/chan.5.4.16206     Document Type: Article

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