The mouse gene retinal degeneration (rd) may reduce the number of neurons present in the adult hippocampal dentate gyrus.

doi:10.1016/0006-8993(91)90971-w

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The mouse gene retinal degeneration (rd) may reduce the number of neurons present in the adult hippocampal dentate gyrus.

Brain research - 3 May 1991

Wimer R E, Wimer C C, Alameddine L, Cohen A J

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C57BL/6J and C57BL/6J-rd le Gus-sh mice, congenics at the rd locus, were compared with respect to number of granule cells and presumed pyramidal basket cells in the hippocampal dentate gyrus. Number of both types of neurons were less in rd/rd mice than in +/-/+/- mice. The rd gene may be responsi...

Topics

Animals
Cell Count
Genotype
Hippocampus
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Neurons
Retinal Degeneration

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