nervous system
• mice have 25% of the wild-type number of muscle spindles
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• while sensory axons reach the skin only rudimentary sensory axon branching is established within the skin
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• sensory afferents fail to invade the spinal cord and are found in an extreme lateral position at the dorsal root entry zone
• sensory afferents are bifurcated at the entry point
• sensory afferent fibers fail to approach the midline at the distal segments and continue to occupy an extreme lateral position
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• unlike wild-type cells, dorsal root ganglia neurons survive in culture without the addition of neurotrophic agents
• whole dorsal root ganglia require neurotrophin-3 for survival
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muscle
• mice have 25% of the wild-type number of muscle spindles
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