Spinal cord motor neurons (IMAGE)

Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

Spinal cord motor neurons

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Spinal cord motor neurons. Left: healthy motor neuron, in which the TDP-43 protein (in black) is localized in the cell nucleus (N). Right: motor neuron from an ALS patient, in which TDP-43 appears abnormally accumulated in the cytoplasm of the cell body (S). Source: Acta Neuropathologica Communications.

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Instituto de Neurociencias UMH CSIC

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