Homeostatic dysregulation in membrane properties of masticatory motoneurons compared with oculomotor neurons in a mouse model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 707-720

  Venugopal, Sharmila ^a   Hsiao, Chie Fang ^a   Sonoda, Takuma ^a   Wiedau Pazos, Martina ^b   Chandler, Scott H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Excitability; Mastication; Neurodegeneration; Presymtomatic

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAW; MASTICATION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL MOTOR NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; INNERVATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; HOMEOSTASIS; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 84920971169     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1682-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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