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Spatiotemporal progression of neurodegeneration and glia activation in the wobbler neuropathy of the mouse.
Neuroreport - 8 Nov 1999
Rathke-Hartlieb S, Schmidt V C, Jockusch H, Schmitt-John T, Bartsch J W
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The wobbler mouse (phenotype WR; genotype wr/wr) has been investigated as a model for neurodegenerative diseases like SMA and ALS. A new diagnostic marker based on a polymorphism in the closely linked chaperonine gene Cct4 enabled us to diagnose the allelic status at the wr locus within the original background strain C57BL/6. Using this marker, we investigated the spatiotemporal progression of neuropathology in...
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