Cortical murine neurons lacking the neurofilament light chain protein have an attenuated response to injury in Vitro

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 1908-1918

  Blizzard, Catherine A ^a   King, Anna E ^a,b   Vickers, James ^b   Dickson, Tracey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

axotomy; cytoskeleton; neurofilaments; sprouting; trauma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERNEXIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT L PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT M PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIGHT CHAIN; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS;

EID: 84887038988     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.2850     Document Type: Article

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