Early detachment of neuromuscular junction proteins in ALS mice with SODG93A mutation

Neurology International

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-60

  Narai, Hisashi ^a,b   Manabe, Yasuhiro ^b   Nagai, Makiko ^a   Nagano, Isao ^a   Ohta, Yasuyuki ^a   Murakami, Tetsuro ^a   Takehisa, Yasushi ^a   Kamiya, Tatsushi ^a   Abe, Koji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION OKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

A bungarotoxin; Agrin; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Neuromuscular junction; SV 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863068365     PISSN: 20358385     EISSN: 20358377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ni.2009.e16     Document Type: Article

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