nervous system
• barrels corresponding to the small tactile hairs on the snout are absent or indistinct in nulls in mice aged 8-21 days; in adult mice, barrel boundaries are indistinct in mutants; a uniform distribution of layer IV neurons is observed in mutants instead of being restricted to barrels, except for a few large barrels
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• in mutants, paired stimuli produces less paired-pulse depression than in wild-type; paired-pulse ratios are increased in mutants compared to wild-type
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• in hippocampal neurons, attenuation of NMDAR-mediated EPSCs by MK801 in mutants is much slower than in wild-type during repetitive stimulation
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• miniature inhibitory postsynaptic current (mIPSC) frequency is decreased compared to in wild-type mice
• reduction in mIPSC is less severe than in Rims1tm3.1Sud homozygotes
• evoked inhibitory postsynaptic current (eIPSC) amplitude is reduced compared to in wild-type mice
• reduction in eIPSC is less severe than in Rims1tm3.1Sud homozygotes
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• mice exhibit a modest reduction in paired pulse depression compared to in wild-type mice that is less pronounced than in Rims1tm3Sud neurons exposed to a cre-expressing lentivirus
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