SMN deficiency disrupts gastrointestinal and enteric nervous system function in mice

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3847-3860

  Gombash, Sara E ^a   Cowley, Christopher J ^a   Fitzgerald, Julie A ^a   Iyer, Chitra C ^a   Fried, David ^c   McGovern, Vicki L ^a   Williams, Kent C ^d   Burghes, Arthur H M ^a   Christofi, Fedias L ^b   Gulbransen, Brian D ^c   Foust, Kevin D ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NESTIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 1; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COLON MOTILITY; COLON MUSCLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MOUSE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH EMPTYING;

MUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 2 PROTEIN;

EID: 84936745981     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv127     Document Type: Article

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