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Mongolian Spot

Known as: Blue Spot, Mongolian, Mongolian blue spot, Mongolian Spot [Disease/Finding] 
A bluish-gray to gray-brown benign, melanocytic nevus found usually in the LUMBOSACRAL REGION of dark-skinned people, especially those of East Asian… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Melatonin prevents increases in neural nitric oxide and cyclic GMP production after transient brain ischemia and reperfusion in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones Unguiculatus)
ABSTRACT: While nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated as a mediator of glutamate excitotoxicity after cerebral ischemia… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Ischemic induction of protooncogene expression in gerbil brain.
Cerebral ischemia and reperfusion results in an active series of metabolic events, eventually leading to cell death. The… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Acoustic distortion from rodent ears: A comparison of responses from rats, guinea pigs and gerbils
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
A reversible type of neuronal injury following ischemia in the gerbil hippocampus.
The Mongolian gerbil is known to develop delayed neuronal death in the hippocampus following brief forebrain ischemia (Brain Res… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Structural correlates of seizure behavior in the mongolian gerbil.
Hippocampi of seizure-sensitive and seizure-resistant Mongolian gerbils were examined in search of structural correlates of… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
The development, inhibition and disinhibition of pup-cannibalism in the Mongolian gerbil
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The influence of litter size and parental behaviour on the development of Mongolian gerbil pups
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Comparison of sound-transmission and cochlear-microphonic characteristics in Mongolian gerbil and guinea pig.
Characteristics of cochlear microphonic (CM) of guinea pigs, when compensated for electrical capacitive shunting within the… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Pineal serotonin-N-acetyltransferase activity in four mammalian species
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Mechanisms of territorial marking in the male and female Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus).
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