Ataxia and male sterility (AMS) mouse. A new genetic variant exhibiting degeneration and loss of cerebellar purkinje cells and spermatic cells

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 382-389

  Harada, Takayuki ^a   Pineda, Liliam L ^a   Nakano, Akinobu ^a   Omura, Koji ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Iijima, Masaaki ^a   Yamasaki, Yoji ^a   Yokoyama, Minesuke ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI KAGAKU INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormal spermatogenesis; Ataxia; Cerebellum; Genetic variant; Male sterility; MRL Ipr mouse; Purkinje cell loss

Indexed keywords

AMS MOUSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BODY POSTURE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAIT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE STERILITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; MRL IPR MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAIT; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PURKINJE CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0038261912     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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