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A novel black-hooded mutant rat (ci3) with spontaneous circling behavior but normal auditory and vestibular functions.
Neuroscience - 1 Jan 2001
Lessenich A, Lindemann S, Richter A, Hedrich H J, Wedekind D, Kaiser A, Löscher W
Abstract excerpt
Abnormal circling behavior in rodents is usually attributed to vestibular dysfunction. In rats, all circling mutants described previously have inner ear defects resulting in auditory and vestibular dysfunctions. Here, we describe a new mutant rat with abnormal spontaneous circling behavior but normal auditory and vestibular functions. The new circling mutant rat was discovered in progeny of an apparently normal...
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