Magnetic resonance imaging reveals neuronal degeneration in the brainstem of the superoxide dismutase 1G93A G1H transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1745-1751

  Zang, Da Wei ^a,b   Yang, Qing ^a   Wang, Hong Xin ^a   Egan, Gary ^a   Lopes, Elizabeth C ^a   Cheema, Surindar S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hyperintensity; Hypointensity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; HISTOLOGY; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 8144224974     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03648.x     Document Type: Article

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