mortality/aging
• Background Sensitivity: survival to as long as 7 months of age, but less as the B6 component of the background increases
(J:51890)
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cardiovascular system
• grossly dilated hearts with one or more thrombi
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• prolonged P-R interval
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• sometimes split
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nervous system
• fewer dying neurons
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• modest reduction in lumbar ventral root diameter
• 26% of L4 motor axons lost
• occasional dystrophic axons in ventral roots
• 25% loss of small caliber axons
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behavior/neurological
• shorter latence to fall when suspended from a wire cage top
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muscle
• grossly dilated hearts with one or more thrombi
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• moderate myopathic changes
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• milder muscle atrophy
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respiratory system
• consolidation of lungs
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• reduced breathing rate (bradypnea)
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growth/size/body
weight loss
(
J:90418
)
homeostasis/metabolism
• 3-7 days prior to clearly evident clinical signs of heart disease, total plasma CK and cardiac-specific CK-MB levels in 5- to 9-week-old mice become significantly elevated
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• consolidation of lungs
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