Article
Neuropathological studies in a mutant hamster model of paroxysmal dystonia.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Jan 1990
Wahnschaffe U, Fredow G, Heintz P, Löscher W
Abstract excerpt
Dystonic movements in a mutation of the Syrian golden hamster, named dtsz, have several features in common with clinically observed paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis. In this study the CNS of the mutant hamsters and age-matched nondystonic controls was examined for morphological alterations at...
Topics
- Animals
- Axons
- Brain
- Cricetinae
- Dendrites
- Dystonia
- Female
- Ganglia, Spinal
- Hydrocephalus
- Male
- Mutation
- Nerve Degeneration
- Spinal Cord