Characterization of thoracic motor and sensory neurons and spinal nerve roots in canine degenerative myelopathy, a potential disease model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 531-541

  Morgan, Brandie R ^a   Coates, Joan R ^b   Johnson, Gayle C ^b   Shelton, G Diane ^c   Katz, Martin L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Dog; Dorsal root ganglion; Morphometry; SOD1

Indexed keywords

AXON; DOG; DORSAL ROOT GANGLION; MORPHOMETRY; SOD1;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENOTYPE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84895066101     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23332     Document Type: Article

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