mortality/aging
• most mutant pups die within two days of birth with less than 10% surviving to P15 (only 1 survived to P20)
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behavior/neurological
• mutants are unable to balance on a rotorod
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cardiovascular system
• at E12.5 the percentage of binucleated cells is increased to 23% from 1% in wild-type and the size of the myocytes is increased
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nervous system
• granule cells migration out of the EGL is slower in mutants compared to wild-type
• pontine neurons fail to reach the basilar pons at P0 and are instead found to accumulate along with reticular neurons under the pial surfarce in the lateral posterior area of the medulla
• abnormal accumulation of neurons from the posterior extramural migratory stream is also seen
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• progressive hydroencephaly is seen by P3
(J:92081)
• mice show severe hydroencephaly
(J:112536)
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• mice show protrusion of facial neurons into fourth ventricle
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• at P12 a distorted cerebral cortex is seen
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• at P0 fissures are shallower than normal and those at folia II, III, VII, and VIII are absent
• at P8 fissures in the anterior and middle portion are shallower or absent while those in the posterior portion look almost normal
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• at P0 the EGL is thinner than normal however by P8 the thickness is comparable and by P15 the EGL is more prominent compared to wild-type
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• cerebellar Purkinje cells are smaller and irregularly aligned
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• at P8 the mutant IGL is about half the thickness of wild-type
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• a reduced number of migrating granule cells are seen at P8
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• at P12 a small cerebellum is seen
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• at P0 the facial neurons are diminished with most failing to reach their normal location and instead forming a mass the protrudes into the fourth ventricle
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cellular
• granule cells migration out of the EGL is slower in mutants compared to wild-type
• pontine neurons fail to reach the basilar pons at P0 and are instead found to accumulate along with reticular neurons under the pial surfarce in the lateral posterior area of the medulla
• abnormal accumulation of neurons from the posterior extramural migratory stream is also seen
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growth/size/body
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• embryos DO NOT exhibit defects in ventral body wall closure or midline fusion
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