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Neuregulin 1 confers neuroprotection in SOD1-linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mice via restoration of C-boutons of spinal motor neurons.
Acta neuropathologica communications - 18 Feb 2016
Lasiene Jurate, Komine Okiru, Fujimori-Tonou Noriko, Powers Berit, Endo Fumito, Watanabe Seiji, Shijie Jin, Ravits John, Horner Philip, Misawa Hidemi, Yamanaka Koji
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INTRODUCTION: Increasing evidence implicates the role of the cell types surrounding motor neurons, such as interneurons and glial cells, in non-cell autonomous neurodegeneration of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). C-boutons, the large cholinergic synapses that innervate spinal α-motor neurons to control their excitability, are progressively lost from motor neurons in both human ALS and mutant Cu/Zn superoxide...
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