reproductive system
• severely reduced
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growth/size/body
N |
• normal body weight
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homeostasis/metabolism
• increase in Grin1-induced calcium influx in cultured neurons
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vision/eye
N |
• normal visual acuity
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behavior/neurological
N |
• normal motor coordination on the rotarod and locomotor abilities in the home-cage environment as well as normal spatial learning and swimming ability
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• more rapid acquisition but slower extinction
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• better consolidated spatial memory in a Morris water maze
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• in open field but not in elevated plus maze
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• locomotor activity is significantly lower in the open field
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nervous system
N |
• normal paired-pulse facilitation in adult hippocampal slices
• normal long term potentiation and long term depression in 9- to 12-week-old adult hippocampal slices
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• enlarge spine head at E18 with normal dendritic arborization
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• width of the spine heads of pyramidal excitatory neurons is enlarged at E18
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• increase in Grin1-induced calcium influx in cultured neurons
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• paired-pulse low frequency stimulation induced LTD is enhanced in young (3-4 weeks of age) but not adult hippocampal slices
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