mortality/aging
• Background Sensitivity: mice on a congenic C57BL/6 background die within hours of birth due to respiratory failure unlike mice on a congenic CBA background
• however, treatment of dams with the reactive oxygen species scavenger N-acetylcysteine (NAC) results in viable pups
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nervous system
• increase in neuronal progenitor cell apoptosis at E16.5 and E18.5
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• at E18.5
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• decreased brain volume at E18.5 but not at E16.5
• brain size in the dorso-ventral direction decreases between E16.5 and E18.5
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• at E18.5 but not at E16.5
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• the main reduction in brain volume is seen in the cortex
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• decreased volume at E18.5
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• partial denervation at E16.5
• primary branches mislocalized to the periphery at E18.5
• ventral and dorsal diaphragm denervation at E18.5
• however, innervation at E14.5 is normal and treatment of dams with the reactive oxygen species scavenger N-acetylcysteine (NAC) partially restores innervation in pups
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• at E16.5 and E18.5
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• decrease in the number of Tbr+ neurons at E18.5
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• reduced ChAT+ motor neurons in the spinal cord at E18.5
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• with undifferentiated axon terminals and smaller acetylcholine receptors clusters than in wild-type mice
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respiratory system
N |
• mice exhibit normal lung development
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behavior/neurological
• in newborn mice
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growth/size/body
microcephaly
(
J:209564
)
skeleton
cellular
• increase in neuronal progenitor cell apoptosis at E16.5 and E18.5
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• at E18.5
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