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Cerebellar vermis defect: a new neurological mutation in the rat.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Kuwamura M, Yoshida T, Ishida A, Tsudzuki M, Yamate J, Kotani T, Sakuma S
Abstract excerpt
A new neurological rat mutation showing hind-leg paralysis, cerebellar vermis defect, and cerebellar cortical dysplasia was named "cerebellar vermis defect" (CVD). Pathologically, affected animals already had a small-sized cerebellum in newborns and started to show hind-leg paralysis at approximately 14 days of age. The CVD rat was fertile in both sexes. Genetic analysis indicated that the CVD character is...
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