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M M DICKIE

Publications and source records attributed to M M DICKIE.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1964

MUTANT MICE (QUAKING AND JIMPY) WITH DEFICIENT MYELINATION IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.

Two mutant mice with deficient myelination are described. Quaking is a new autosomal recessive mutant mouse with marked tremor of the hindquarters. The mice eat, swim, breed, and nurse well even though the entire central nervous system is very deficient in myelin by histological and chemical criteria. Myelin formation is impaired; no destruction is seen. Peripheral nerves are myelinated. Jimpy, a known sex-linked mutation, has similar but more severe symptoms and similar pathology, with the additional feature of sudanophilic (nonpolar) lipid distributed in some white-matter tracts. Both mutants offer new opportunities for study of the formation and functions of myelin.

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PubMed1962

Staggerer, a new mutation in the mouse affecting the cerebellum.

The "staggerer" mutant is recognized by its staggering gait, mild tremor, hypotonia, and small size. Symptoms develop during postnatal weeks 1 to 4 and remain stationary thereafter. The cerebellar cortex is grossly underdeveloped, with too few granule cells and unaligned Purkinje cells. Genetic linkage studies and neuropathological findings distinguish staggerer from other known mutants.

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