Organisms

Nude Rats

A mutant strain of Rattus norvegicus without a thymus and with depressed or absent T-cell function. This strain of rats may have a small amount of hair at times, but then lose it.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A mutant strain of Rattus norvegicus without a thymus and with depressed or absent T-cell function. This strain of rats may have a small amount of hair at times, but then lose it.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Athymic Rats
  • Rats, Athymic
  • Rats, Nude
  • Athymic Rat
  • Nude Rat
  • Rat, Athymic
  • Rat, Nude

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Aspects Covered

18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

NIM when exper animal: no qualif; when IM, qualif permitted; do not forget also to check tag RATS

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History Note

91(87); was see under RATS, MUTANT STRAINS 1987-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Rat, Mutant Strains (1982-1986)

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Tree Number

  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.649w.313w.992w.635w.505w.700w.550.508

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nude Rats. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011923. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011923
  2. Nude Rats. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69389880