vision/eye
• rod-bipolar cell dendrites in the outer plexiform layer infiltrate the outer nuclear layer
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• processes of horizontal cells extend within the width of the outer nuclear layer
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• photoreceptor nuclei are mislocalized in the inner and outer segment layers
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• thickness of the inner segment layer is reduced at 1 month of age
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• thickness of the outer segment layer is reduced at 1 month of age
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• progressive degeneration such that at 13 months of age, photoreceptors almost completely lose their outer segments
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• rod photoreceptors exhibit progressive and severe chromatic decondensation, associated with a massive increase in nuclear volume; rod nuclei show more euchromatin and resemble cone nuclei
• loss of segments, however retinal epithelium appears normal
• rods undergoing chromatin decondensation have completely silenced rhodopsin expression
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• outer nuclear layer shows variations in thickness, having a wavy appearance
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• at 2.7 months of age, the outer nuclear layer is totally disorganized, with some parts almost adjacent to the pigmental epithelium
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• outer plexiform layer is disorganized at 13 months of age
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• progressive retinal degeneration starting at 1 month of age
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retina spots
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J:80810
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• white spots over the retina are seen at 10 weeks of age
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• mutants exhibit a non-progressive reduced a-wave response in the ERG as early as 5 weeks of age, with the a-wave amplitude decreased by about 1/3 of the normal amplitude
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nervous system
• rod-bipolar cell dendrites in the outer plexiform layer infiltrate the outer nuclear layer
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• processes of horizontal cells extend within the width of the outer nuclear layer
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• photoreceptor nuclei are mislocalized in the inner and outer segment layers
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• thickness of the inner segment layer is reduced at 1 month of age
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• thickness of the outer segment layer is reduced at 1 month of age
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• progressive degeneration such that at 13 months of age, photoreceptors almost completely lose their outer segments
|
• rod photoreceptors exhibit progressive and severe chromatic decondensation, associated with a massive increase in nuclear volume; rod nuclei show more euchromatin and resemble cone nuclei
• loss of segments, however retinal epithelium appears normal
• rods undergoing chromatin decondensation have completely silenced rhodopsin expression
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• progressive formation of ubiquitin and proteasome-immunoreactive nuclear inclusions composed of the N-terminal fragment of the mutant protein
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 | DOID:0050958 |
OMIM:164500 |
J:65411 |