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stag·gers

(stag'ĕrz),
A form of decompression sickness in which vertigo, mental confusion, and muscular weakness are the chief symptoms.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

stag·gers

(stag'ĕrz)
A form of decompression sickness in which vertigo, mental confusion, and muscular weakness are the chief symptoms.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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An association of a Lolium endophyte with ryegrass staggers. N.Z.
Strain-specific monoclonal antibodies to a nontoxic tall fescue endophyte. (Forage & Grazing Lands)
Lolitrem B (Gallagher et al., 1984), an indole-diterpenoid, is a neurotoxic tremorgen, primarily responsible for ryegrass staggers. Ergovaline, an ergopeptide closely associated with tall fescue toxicosis (Yates et al., 1985), is present in significant quantities in endophyte-infected perennial ryegrass (Rowan and Shaw, 1987).
Ryegrass host genetic control of concentrations of endophyte-derived alkaloids. (Crop Breeding, Genetics & Cytology)
Lolitrem (indole diterpene) alkaloids [paxilline, paxitriol(s), lolitriol, lolitrems] were first identified in symbiotic ryegrass plants and related to livestock neurotoxicities known as ryegrass staggers. The ability to produce lolitrems and paxilline has also been shown in vitro for cultures of N.
Adaptations of Endophyte-Infected Cool-Season Grasses to Environmental Stresses: Mechanisms of Drought and Mineral Stress Tolerance

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