Abstract
Experimental allergic neuritis (EAN) was studied in the SJL/J mouse and compared to EAN in the Lewis rat. The Lewis rat developed hind limb weakness and weight loss while the SJL/J mouse had no discernible clinical abnormalities. The SJL/J mouse, however, suffered subclinical damage to peripheral nerve (PN) myelin. Both species reproducibly developed electrophysiologic dysfunction of PN and histopathology confined to the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Understanding of autoimmune demyelination in the central nervous system was greatly enhanced by the development of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in the SJL/J mouse. We believe that EAN in the SJL/J mouse could lead to a similar increase in our understanding of autoimmune demyelination in the PNS.
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