Article
Epileptic seizures in rats homozygous for two mutations, zitter and tremor.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Serikawa T, Yamada J
Abstract excerpt
In the rat, zitter (zi) and tremor (tm) are autosomal recessive mutations that in homozygotes caused curled whisker hair, and tremor when the animals move. In both mutant types, the presence of many vacuoles gives the central nervous system a spongy appearance. The mutants differ sharply in one i...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Epilepsy
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Mutant Strains
- Seizures
- Species Specificity