Hereditary hypotrophic axonopathy with neurofilament deficiency in a mutant strain of the Japanese quail.

doi:10.1007/BF00293376

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Hereditary hypotrophic axonopathy with neurofilament deficiency in a mutant strain of the Japanese quail.

Acta neuropathologica - 1 Jan 1991

Yamasaki H, Itakura C, Mizutani M

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A primary axonal disease affecting the central and peripheral nervous system was discovered in a new mutant strain of the Japanese quail, named quiver (Quv). Quv showed significantly smaller cross-sectional areas of the cervical spinal cord and the optic and sciatic nerves, when compared with con...

Topics

Animals
Axons
Bird Diseases
Coturnix
Intermediate Filaments
Microscopy, Electron
Microtubules
Mutation
Nervous System Diseases

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