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Altered intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis in nerve terminals of severe spinal muscular atrophy mice.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 20 Jan 2010
Ruiz Rocío, Casañas Juan José, Torres-Benito Laura, Cano Raquel, Tabares Lucía
Abstract excerpt
Low levels of survival motor neuron (SMN) protein result in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a severe genetic disease characterized by motor impairment and premature lethality. Although SMN is a ubiquitous protein, motor neurons are much more vulnerable to low levels of SMN than other cells. To gain insight into the pathogenesis of SMA, we have compared synaptic function of motor terminals in wild-type and severe...
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