Article
A quantitative study of cerebrovascular variation in inbred mice.
Journal of anatomy - 1 Dec 1990
Ward R, Collins R L, Tanguay G, Miceli D
Abstract excerpt
The arteries of the base of the mouse brain were examined after perfusion with India ink. A qualitative difference exists between inbred mice of three strains (C57BL/6J, 129/J and BALB/cCF) on the one hand, and genetically defined heterogeneous mice on the other; the latter consistently show anomalies similar to those previously described in genetically undefined rodents, whereas inbred mice do not. A...
Topics
- Animals
- Carbon
- Circle of Willis
- Coloring Agents
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic