DEBR Reserved symbol.

Colour: Hooded.

Genet. ?

Origin: Dr. Roy F. Oliver, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee. A possible animal model for human alopecia areata, with hair loss associated with marked peri-and intra-bulbar lymphocytic infiltrate (Michie et al 1991, Sainsbury et al, 1991, Oliver et al, 1991).

Oliver R. F., Jahoda C. A. B., Horne K. A., Michie H. J., Poulton T., and Johnson B. E. (1991) The DEBR rat model for alopecia-areata. J. Invest. Dermatol. 96, S97.

Sainsbury T. S. L., Duncan J. I., Whiting P. H., Hewick D. S., Johnson B. E., Thomson A. W., and Oliver R. F. (1991) Differential effects of FK-506 and cyclosporine on hair regrowth in the DEBR model of alopecia-areata. Transplant. Proc. 23, 3332-3334.