muscle
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• no obvious pathology in younger mice
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• occasional muscle fiber splitting
• occasional angulated atrophic fibers
• occasional diffusely basophilic sarcoplasm
• occasional regenerating muscle fibers in exercising mice
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• variation in muscle fiber size in older mice
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• frequent internalized nuclei
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nervous system
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• giant axons found in sciatic nerve and anterior column of spinal cord
• number of giant axons increases in older mice
• giant axons filled with irregularly bundled neurofilaments
• clusters of microtubules, dense lamellar bodies, and membranous structures
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• myelin sheaths irregular over internodes of giant axons with extended gaps
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• myelin sheaths of giant axons thinner than expected
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• some small nerve fibers with thicker myelin sheaths than expected
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