nervous system
• hypomyelination of the plantar nerve in 19 month old mice, with no axonal loss
• remyelination of nerve fibers after sciatic nerve crush is less effective than in wild-type mice resulting in hypomyelination of large caliber axons
• however, hypomyelination is not seen in the ventral funiculus of the spinal cord
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• after stimulation at the sciatic notch (proximal stimulation), compound muscle action potential amplitudes are reduced in 19 month old mutants
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• 19, but not 14, month old mice exhibit a 25% reduction in nerve conduction velocities
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• more mitochondria in dorsal root ganglion explant cultures from E13.5 embryos pause during anterograde transport events while pausing lasts longer for mitochondria transported in retrograde direction
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cellular
• the mitochondrial to genomic DNA-ratio is increased in the sciatic nerve, indicating increased mitochondrial DNA content
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• axonal area covered by mitochondria in axons of plantar nerves is increased due to increased size of mitochondria but not increased numbers
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• mild oxidative stress in peripheral nerves
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