mortality/aging
• homozygotes survive embryonic period but die perinatally (no mutants survive to weaning)
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nervous system
• at E19, cortical neurons are more dispersed in cortical plate and fewer nuclei (39%) are located in the outermost layer of cortical plate compared to controls (57%); significant reductions are also found in dorsolateral and lateral cortices
• in locomotion-type cell migration, a reduction in fast migrating subcortical and cortical plate neurons (SC-CP) is observed; acceleration of radial migration of neurons in subplate region is decreased in mutant slices compared to control slices
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• corpus callosum is reduced in size
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• anterior part of anterior commissure is barely detectable
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• posterior part of anterior commissure is reduced in size
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• fibers of internal capsule are reduced in number
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• fibers of cingulum are reduced in number
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• bundle of ventrally extended axons that project ventrolaterally to internal capsule in E19 control brains, is diminished in mutant brain
• layer-specific cell density less distinct in mutants at E19; layered structure is partially disrupted
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• layer structure is intact, but glomerular layer thickness is reduced compared to controls
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• lateral olfactory tract is reduced in thickness
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homeostasis/metabolism
• c-Jun (JNK) kinase activity is reduced in brains of mutants compared to control
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cellular
• at E19, cortical neurons are more dispersed in cortical plate and fewer nuclei (39%) are located in the outermost layer of cortical plate compared to controls (57%); significant reductions are also found in dorsolateral and lateral cortices
• in locomotion-type cell migration, a reduction in fast migrating subcortical and cortical plate neurons (SC-CP) is observed; acceleration of radial migration of neurons in subplate region is decreased in mutant slices compared to control slices
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