Article
Smaller number of large myelinated fibers and focal myelin thickening in mutant quails deficient in neurofilaments.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Jan 1993
Zhao J X, Ohnishi A, Itakura C, Mizutani M, Yamamoto T, Hayashi H, Murai Y
Abstract excerpt
The peripheral nervous system of a mutant of a Japanese quail deficient in neurofilaments (mutant) and of a normal Japanese quail (control) was morphometrically evaluated to characterize the morphological findings, especially those of the myelinated fibers of the mutant. In the proximal peroneal nerves, the frequency of the teased myelinated fibers showing the focal myelin thickening was higher in mutant than in...
Topics
- Animals
- Coturnix
- Female
- Ganglia, Spinal
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron
- Muscles
- Mutation
- Myelin Sheath
- Nerve Fibers, Myelinated