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Gracile axonal dystrophy (GAD) mouse: An animal model of “dying back” type axonal degeneration. Kenichiro ODA 1 , Kazuto YAMAZAKI 1 , Hiroyuki MIURA 1 , Chiyoko ENDO 1 , Hiroshi SHIBASAKI 1,2 , Takeki KIKUCHI 1 1National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP 2Department of Brain Pathophysiology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine pp.95-105
Published Date 1991/2/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1431900114
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A new hereditary neurological disorder of mice, gracile axonal dystrophy (GAD), is reported. It is the result of a spontaneous mutation and is transmitted by a single autosomal recessive gene gad. This disorder is characterized by progressive sensory ataxia (first detectable about 4 weeks after birth) and motor paresis of the hindlimbs (detectable about 10 weeks). The histological study revealed, together with lesions in the centrally directing axons of the dorsal root ganglion cells (gracile axonal dystrophy), degeneration of the peripherally projecting axons of sensory and motor nerves beginning at their distal ends (the primary sensory endings of Ia fibers in muscle spindles and the motor nerve terminals in the endplates)Then, the degeneration progressed proximally, but leaving their soma, namely the primary sensory and alpha motor neurons, morphologically intact. These findings indicate that this mutant mouse is a useful model for understanding the pathogenesis of the naturally occurring dying-back type pathological process, which is postulated to underlie certain human heredodegenerative diseases, i.e., Friedreich's disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.


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