mortality/aging
• only 50% of mutants survive to weaning at P21
• mice with severe hydrocephalus die within several days of birth
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growth/size/body
craniofacial
• deformed skull
• increase in hydrostatic pressure in the skull
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• extremely enlarged skull
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cardiovascular system
• mice with hydrocephalus exhibit multiple perivascular bleedings in the brain parenchyma
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• mice with hydrocephalus exhibit intraventricular hemorrhages
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• mice with hydrocephalus exhibit subarachnoid hemorrhages
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behavior/neurological
• mice with severe hydrocephalus exhibit spastic gait
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integument
• mice with severe hydrocephalus exhibit an untended coat
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nervous system
hydrocephaly
(
J:191990
)
• 65% of mutants develop severe hydrocephalus
• 2/3 of mutants that survive past weaning develop hydrocephalus within the first 4-8 weeks after birth
• hydrocephalus gets more severe over time
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• mutants developing hydrocephalus show impaired cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) drainage from the lateral to the 3rd ventricle, indicating obstruction
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• hippocampus is dislocated due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure
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• severe disorganization of cortical layers in the brain
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• lack of differentiated pyramidal cells
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• atrophic cerebellum
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• reactive gliosis is seen in the anterior and posterior areas of the cortex and in the hippocampus, however they are not seen in the atrophic cerebellum
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• axonal and dendritic processes or MBP+ fibers that run perpendicular to the surface of the brain are absent
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• mutants developing hydrocephalus show impaired cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) drainage from the lateral to the 3rd ventricle
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• mice with hydrocephalus exhibit multiple perivascular bleedings in the brain parenchyma
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• mice with hydrocephalus exhibit intraventricular hemorrhages
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• mice with hydrocephalus exhibit subarachnoid hemorrhages
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skeleton
• deformed skull
• increase in hydrostatic pressure in the skull
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• extremely enlarged skull
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