Severe neuromuscular denervation of clinically relevant muscles in a mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-195

  Ling, Karen K Y ^a   Gibbs, Rebecca M ^a   Feng, Zhihua ^a   Ko, Chien Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN; TRICHOSTATIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 83455213467     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr453     Document Type: Article

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