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Supported by Telethon, Italy (grants 878 and 1004). We are grateful to Dr. Carla Dossi and Ms. Tiziana Rotondo from Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, Italy, for the development and care of transgenic mice colony.
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Migheli, A., Atzori, C., Piva, R. et al. Lack of apoptosis in mice with ALS. Nat Med 5, 966–967 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/12381
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