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- Received April 19, 2011
- Revision received September 17, 2011
- Accepted September 20, 2011
- First published November 2, 2011.
- Version of record published November 2, 2011.
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Author contributions: A.I., J.M., H.J.K., J.D.G., A.A.S., and G.M. designed research; A.I., J.M., L.R.F., H.J.K., I.H., M.D., and C.C. performed research; A.I., J.M., M.D., A.A.S., and G.M. analyzed data; A.I., J.M., J.D.G., and G.M. wrote the paper.
↵*A.I. and J.M. contributed equally to this work.
Disclosures
- Received April 19, 2011.
- Revision received September 17, 2011.
- Accepted September 20, 2011.
This work was supported by grants from The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research (to G.M. and J.M.), the Muscular Dystrophy Association (to J.M.), and the National Institutes of Health (Grants RO1-NS051419 and RO1-NS062055 to G.M.). We are grateful to Dr. Noel Y. Calingasan (Weill Cornell Medical College) for his help on the stereological analysis of spinal motor neurons.
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Giovanni Manfredi, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 E. 68th Street, A505, New York, NY 10065. gim2004{at}med.cornell.edu
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