nervous system
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• number, size and density of neurons is similar to controls
• neuronal survival, initial axon growth and ability to reach target organs is similar to controls
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• submaxillary and pineal glands have increased numbers of sympathetic fibers resulting in increased terminal innervation of target organs as compared to wild-type transgenic control and non-transgenic control
• immunofluorescent staining of fibers is more intense and widely distributed than control
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• cultured superior cervical ganglia (SCG) neurons rarely extend neurites
• neurites that are formed are extremely short (length is 5% of control)
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