Loss of neurofilaments in the neuromuscular junction in a rat model of proximal axonopathy

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-71

  Soler Martin C ^a   Vilardosa, Ú ^a   Saldana Ruiz S ^a   Garcia, N ^b   Llorens, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

3,3' iminodipropionitrile; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Axonal transport; Motor terminals; Neurofilament proteins; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DRINKING WATER; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROXIMAL AXONOPATHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROTOXINS; NITRILES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 84855509102     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2011.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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