Defects in neuromuscular junction remodelling in the Smn2B/− mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating childhood motor neuron disease caused by mutations and deletions within the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. Although other tissues may be involved, motor neurons remain primary pathological targets, with loss of neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) repre...

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Main Authors: Lyndsay M. Murray, Ariane Beauvais, Kunal Bhanot, Rashmi Kothary
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996112003063