mortality/aging
• start to die after P10 and all die before P20
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behavior/neurological
• all display severe ataxia after P10
• unable to support themselves on hindlimbs at P18
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• occasionally observe convulsive seizures
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growth/size/body
• average body weight is approximately half that of controls at P10
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nervous system
• occasionally observe convulsive seizures
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• higher density of pro-myelinating Schwann cells in the sciatic nerve and delay in differentiation of Schwann cells
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• lack of myelin or thin myelin in the sciatic nerves and trigeminal nerves, however myelin formation in spinal cord and brain is normal
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