Cerebellar ataxia due to Toxocara infection in Mongolian gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus.

We assessed the usefulness of gerbils as an experimental model for neurologic toxocarosis. Mongolian gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus, infected with Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati (1000 eggs/gerbil) showed progressive neurologic disorders from 50 days after infection in T. canis-infected gerbils or from 120 days after infection in T.

Supplementation of heterologous complement induces anti-Thy-1.1 nephritis in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus).

Anti-Thy-1.1 nephritis in the rat is a popular experimental model for mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (GN). This model is characterized by direct binding of anti-Thy-1.

Ultrastructural changes and immunohistochemical localization of advanced glycation end products in the heart of streptozotocin-treated Mongolian gerbils.

This study was designed to clarify the developing mechanism of cardiomyopathy and vasculopathy in streptozotocin-treated Mongolian gerbils. Twenty male Mongolian gerbils (MG; 10-12 weeks old) were used, and 150 mg/kg of streptozotocin (STZ) was injected into the left femoral vein. Six control male MG were injected intravenously with normal saline.