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New insights into the skeletal muscle phenotype of equine motor neuron disease: a quantitative approach.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Mar 2005
Palencia P, Quiroz-Rothe E, Rivero José-Luis L
Abstract excerpt
Equine motor neuron disease (EMND) is a neurodegenerative disorder similar to the sporadic form of human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This study was conducted to quantify myofiber plasticity in response to EMND. Deep M. gluteus medius biopsy samples from eight horses with an ante mortem diagnosis of EMND, which in five cases was later confirmed by post mortem examination of spinal cord and peripheral nerves,...
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