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Development of a rat model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis expressing a human SOD1 transgene.
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology - 1 Dec 2005
Aoki Masashi, Kato Shinsuke, Nagai Makiko, Itoyama Yasuto
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in copper-zinc superoxide dismutase gene (SOD1) have been linked to some familial cases of ALS. We report here that rats that express a human SOD1 transgene with two different ALS-associated mutations (G93A and H46R) develop striking motor neuron degeneration and paralysis. By comparing the two transgenic rats with different SOD1 mutations, we demonstrate that the time course in these rats was similar...
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