nervous system
• atrophy of hippocampal dentate gyrus neurons is seen by P21
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• mutants fed a doxycycline diet to suppress transgene expression from E0.5 until P21 and then switched to a regular diet to induce expression show accumulation of alpha-synuclein within neurons of the septum, cingulated cortex, subthalamic nucleus, mammillary body, and brainstem, but not hippocampus at 8 months of age
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behavior/neurological
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• mutants do not exhibit impaired contextual fear memory at 8 months of age
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