nervous system
• nestin-positive radial glial fibers in the pallio-subpallial boundary do not fasciculate to form the palisade
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• mutants exhibit fewer nestin-positive radial glial fibers in the region of the pallio-subpallial boundary
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• defects in the patterning of the lateral telencephalon with altered gene expression at the pallio-subpallial boundary at E14.5
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• misspecification of the ventral pallium
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• maker analysis indicates abnormal development of the basolateral and lateral amygdala
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• lateral ganglionic eminence is significantly reduced in size by E14.5 and there is a dorsal shift in the subventricular zone and mantle markers
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• outer segment layer is often missing
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• optic nerve is reduced in diameter with an average 6-fold reduction in cross-sectional area
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vision/eye
• optic nerve is reduced in diameter with an average 6-fold reduction in cross-sectional area
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• outer segment layer is often missing
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• hypocellularity of the ganglion layer
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• hypocellularity of the inner nuclear layer
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• hypocellularity of the outer nuclear layer
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• outer plexiform layer is often missing
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• patchy pattern of progressive retinal degeneration first detected by 3 weeks of age
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• abnormal electroretinograms: waves corresponding to the responses for photoreceptor, Muller, bipolar, and amacrine cells are absent in 3 month old mutants
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cellular
• nestin-positive radial glial fibers in the pallio-subpallial boundary do not fasciculate to form the palisade
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• mutants exhibit fewer nestin-positive radial glial fibers in the region of the pallio-subpallial boundary
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