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A spontaneous mutation of the Wwox gene and audiogenic seizures in rats with lethal dwarfism and epilepsy.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Oct 2009
Suzuki H, Katayama K, Takenaka M, Amakasu K, Saito K, Suzuki K
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The lde/lde rat is characterized by dwarfism, postnatal lethality, male hypogonadism, a high incidence of epilepsy and many vacuoles in the hippocampus and amygdala. We used a candidate approach to identify the gene responsible for the lde phenotype and assessed the susceptibility of lde/lde rats for audiogenic seizures. Following backcross breeding of lethal dwarfism with epilepsy (LDE) to Brown Norway rats, the...
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