muscle
• with scattered small myotubues and central nuclei in the absence of obvious endomysial fibrosis but an increase in interstitial collagen fibrils
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• in the quadriceps
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• in the lower back and hindlimbs
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• smaller muscle diameter
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nervous system
• 7-fold increase in Schwann cells that do not myelinate
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• areas of amyelination with 2-fold reduction in myelinated axons and near-complete absence of enveloped axons and naked axons
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behavior/neurological
• slightly tremulous and retracted inward limbs when suspended by tail
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paraparesis
(
J:199683
)
• with difficulty in ambulation
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cellular
• 2-fold decrease of Schwann cell lamellipodial processesed basement membrane
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limbs/digits/tail
• with scattered small myotubues and central nuclei in the absence of obvious endomysial fibrosis but an increase in interstitial collagen fibrils
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