mortality/aging
• die within 3 days of birth
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growth/size/body
• reduced body size
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nervous system
• reduced by about 30%
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• regions surrounding the third ventricle are hypocellular
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• markedly depleted of cells
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• fails to develop fully
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• reduced volume
• thickened infundibulum
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• cell population not clearly identifiable
• area filled with densely packed with neurons similar to those in the anterior hypothalamic nucleus
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• hypocellular
• cell population not clearly identifiable
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• decreased cell proliferation in the area of the paraventricular nucleus and the supraoptic nucleus starting around E11.5
• arginine vasopressin is not detectable in either the paraventricular nucleus or the supraoptic nucleus
• oxytocin is absent in the paraventricular nucleus and dramatically reduced in the supraoptic nucleus
• corticotropin releasing hormone is undetectable
• somatostatin neurons are undetectable at E13.5
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• markedly depleted of cells
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• fails to develop fully
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