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Mice lacking cytosolic copper/zinc superoxide dismutase display a distinctive motor axonopathy
1 Oct 1999
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OBJECTIVE: To characterize the motor neuron dysfunction in two models by performing physiologic and morphometric studies. BACKGROUND: Mutations in the gene encoding cytosolic superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) account for 25% of familial ALS (FALS). Transgenes with these mutations produce a pattern of lower motor neuron degeneration similar to that seen in patients with FALS. In contrast, mice lacking SOD1 develop...
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