Motor neuron pathology and behavioral alterations at late stages in a SMA mouse model

Brain Research

Volumn 1442, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-75

  Fulceri, Federica ^a   Bartalucci, Alessia ^a   Paparelli, Silvio ^a   Pasquali, Livia ^a   Biagioni, Francesca ^b   Ferrucci, Michela ^a   Ruffoli, Riccardo ^a   Fornai, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motor neuron disease; Motor neuron heterotopy; Motor neuron size; Spinal muscular atrophy; Survival Motor Neuron protein

Indexed keywords

SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; STEADY STATE; STEREOLOGY; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; REFLEX; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SPINAL CORD; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 2 PROTEIN;

EID: 84857339616     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.12.056     Document Type: Article

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