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Neural Transplantation in Cerebellar Ataxia pp 81–94Cite as

Neurological Mutant Mice as Genetic Models for Neuronal Transplantation

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There is a large number of mutations in the laboratory mouse that affect the development or maintenance of specific cell populations or regions of the nervous system.1,2 Such mutations provide useful experimental material for the study of cellular phenomena related to normal and aberrant development of the brain and the degeneration of nerve cells.

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Triarhou, L.C. (1997). Neurological Mutant Mice as Genetic Models for Neuronal Transplantation. In: Neural Transplantation in Cerebellar Ataxia. Neuroscience Intelligence Unit. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-22213-3_5

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