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ALS-linked Cu/Zn-SOD mutation impairs cerebral synaptic glucose and glutamate transport and exacerbates ischemic brain injury.
Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism - 1 Mar 2000
Guo Z, Kindy M S, Kruman I, Mattson M P
Abstract excerpt
Although degeneration of lower motor neurons is the most striking abnormality in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more subtle alterations may occur in the brain. Mutations in copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn-SOD) are responsible for some cases of inherited ALS, and expression of mutant Cu/Zn-SOD in transgenic mice results in progressive motor neuron loss and a clinical phenotype similar to that of ALS...
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