Behavioural and anatomical effects of systemically administered leukemia inhibitory factor in the SOD1(G93A) (G1H) mouse model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Publication Year 2003-08-22,Volume 982,Issue #1,Page 92-97
Journal Title
BRAIN RESEARCH
Publication Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We investigated the anatomical and behavioural effects of daily intraperitoneal injection of 25 mug/kg of LIF in the SOD1(G93A G1H) mouse model of familial ALS. We found some subtle beneficial behavioural changes in LIF treated mice. These included later onset of clinical disease in females as determined by clinical scoring; better grip strength in males; and delayed development of motor impairment in males as determined by the rotarod test. However, we found no significant rescue of motoneurons or prolongation of survival as a result of this systemic dose of LIF in these mice. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Keywords
CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MOTOR-NEURON DISEASE; INDUCED CELL-DEATH; FACTOR PREVENTS; FACTOR-RECEPTOR; MESSENGER-RNA; IN-VIVO; RAT; MOTONEURONS; BRAIN
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Creation Date: 2003-08-22 12:00:00
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