mortality/aging
• fewer than expected mice are present at P18 but the remainder of mice survive into adulthood
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• fewer than expected mice are present at P18
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nervous system
• mice exhibit reduced formation of interhemispheric commissural connections by inhibition of midline crossing
• however, the posterior and habenular commissures are normal
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• myelinated fibers are reduced in the corpus callosum and anterior commissure compared to in control (Rac1tm1Atai/Rac1+ Emx1tm1(cre)Ito/Emx1+) mice
• retrograde dye labeling experiments demonstrate that contralateral projections of the callosal commissural axons are absent
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• myelinated fibers are reduced in the corpus callosum and anterior commissure compared to in control (Rac1tm1Atai/Rac1+ Emx1tm1(cre)Ito/Emx1+) mice
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• neuron layers of the telencephalon cortex are thinner than in heterozygous controls (Rac1tm1Atai/Rac1+ Emx1tm1(cre)Ito/Emx1+) with sporadic distortions caused by abnormal cell clusters and nerve fibers
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• the dentate gyrus is disorganized
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• the pyramidal cell layer of the hippocampus is thinner than in control (Rac1tm1Atai/Rac1+ Emx1tm1(cre)Ito/Emx1+) mice
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• somatosensory cortex barrels are small in size and irregular in shape compared to in control (Rac1tm1Atai/Rac1+ Emx1tm1(cre)Ito/Emx1+) mice
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