Rodent models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Current Protocols in Pharmacology

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages 5.67.1-5.67.21

  Philips, Thomas ^a   Rothstein, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant protein homeostasis; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Glia; Motor neuron; RNA processing alterations; Rodent models

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SOD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SOD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SOD1 PROTEIN, RAT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TDP-43 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPHAGY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; MICROGLIA; MOTONEURON; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS; RAT MODEL; RNA PROCESSING; RODENT MODEL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTANT RAT STRAIN; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; TRANSGENIC RAT;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE-1;

EID: 84949228570     PISSN: 19348282     EISSN: 19348290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471141755.ph0567s69     Document Type: Article

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