<i>In Vivo</i>NMDA Receptor Activation Accelerates Motor Unit Maturation, Protects Spinal Motor Neurons, and Enhances SMN2 Gene Expression in Severe Spinal Muscular Atrophy Mice

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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a lethal neurodegenerative disease that occurs in childhood, is caused by the misexpression of the survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein in motor neurons. It is still unclear whether activating motor units in SMA corrects the delay in the postnatal maturation of the motor unit resulting in an enhanced neuroprotection. In the present work, we demonstrate that an adequate NMDA...

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