Glial Cells in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an adult motor neuron disease characterized by premature death of upper and lower motor neurons. Two percent of ALS cases are caused by the dominant mutations in the gene for superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) through a gain of toxic property of mutant protein. Gene...

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Main Authors: Jurate Lasiene, Koji Yamanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Neurology Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/718987
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