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Comparison of infantile nystagmus syndrome in achiasmatic zebrafish and humans.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Sept 2011
Huang Melody Ying-Yu, Chen Chieng-Cheng, Huber-Reggi Sabina P, Neuhauss Stephan C F, Straumann Dominik
Abstract excerpt
Infantile nystagmus syndrome (INS; formerly called congenital nystagmus) is an ocular motor disorder characterized by several typical nystagmus waveforms. To date, restrictions inherent to human research and the absence of a handy animal model have impeded efforts to identify the underlying mechanism of INS. Displaying INS-like spontaneous eye oscillations, achiasmatic zebrafish belladonna (bel) mutants may...
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