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Proprioceptive sensory neuropathy in mice with a mutation in the cytoplasmic Dynein heavy chain 1 gene.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 26 Dec 2007
Chen Xiang-Jun, Levedakou Eleni N, Millen Kathleen J, Wollmann Robert L, Soliven Betty, Popko Brian
Abstract excerpt
Mice heterozygous for the radiation-induced Sprawling (Swl) mutation display an early-onset sensory neuropathy with muscle spindle deficiency. The lack of an H reflex despite normal motor nerve function in the hindlimbs of these mutants strongly suggests defective proprioception. Immunohistochemical analyses reveal that proprioceptive sensory neurons are severely compromised in the lumbar dorsal root ganglia of...
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