Fast axonal transport in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: An intra-axonal organelle traffic analysis
| Autor: | Marc P. Lynn, Mark B. Atkinson, J. E. Culver, Anthony C. Breuer, K. E. Marks, E. J. Fleegler, S. M. Chou, Asa J. Wilbourn |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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Fast axonal transport
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Motor nerve Rats Inbred Strains Biology medicine.disease Axonal Transport Sciatic Nerve Axons Median Nerve Rats medicine.anatomical_structure Organelle medicine Axoplasmic transport Animals Humans Neurology (clinical) Axon Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | Neurology. 37:738-738 |
| ISSN: | 1526-632X 0028-3878 |
| DOI: | 10.1212/wnl.37.5.738 |
| Popis: | Fast transport of intra-axonal organelles was studied in motor nerve from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. Organelle traffic in ALS nerves demonstrated a significant increase in anterograde mean speed, while retrograde mean speed was decreased compared with that of controls. Retrograde traffic density (organelles per unit time) was also significantly decreased in the ALS specimens. Anterograde transport machinery is therefore intact and may be responding to the increased physiologic demand of larger motor units. Diminished retrograde speed and organelle traffic density are consistent with a defect in retrograde transport and could impair communication between axon terminals and perikarya. |
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