Experimental demyelination and remyelination of murine spinal cord by focal injection of lysolecithin

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 97, 2015, Pages

  Keough, Michael B ^a   Jensen, Samuel K ^a   Wee Yong, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Issue 97; Lysolecithin; Multiple sclerosis; Myelin; Neuroscience; Oligodendrocyte; Remyelination; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL; AXON; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MYELIN SHEATH; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYELIN SHEATH; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84941253610     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52679     Document Type: Article

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