mortality/aging
• mice die by 13 - 18 days of age, 1 - 2 days after the appearance of a reeler like phenotype
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behavior/neurological
• when attempting to walk mice often fall on one side and crawl backwards
• reeler like phenotype first appears at 12 - 16 days of age
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nervous system
• incomplete formation of the principal cell layers
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• bilaminated rather than trilaminated Timm staining pattern
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• inversion of the principal neuronal layers in the neocortex
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• Purkinje cells cluster in the central part of the cerebellum
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growth/size/body
• weigh about 1g less than littermate controls at P15
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• body weight gain curves deviate from controls by P5
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