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Early functional deficit and microglial disturbances in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Gerber Yannick Nicolas, Sabourin Jean-Charles, Rabano Miriam, Vivanco Maria d M, Perrin Florence Evelyne
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BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by selective motoneurons degeneration. There is today no clear-cut pathogenesis sequence nor any treatment. However growing evidences are in favor of the involvement, besides neurons, of several partners such as glia and muscles. To better characterize the time course of pathological events in an animal model that...
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