nervous system
• cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs) are round-shaped rather than pear-shaped
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• at P21, the cell density of calbindinpositive cerebellar PCs is significantly lower than that in wild-type PCs
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• at P21, cerebellar PC area (soma size) is significantly smaller than that in wild-type PCs
• both the longitudinal diameter (height) and the transversal diameter (width) of the PC soma are decreased, resulting in a significantly smaller height/width ratio at P21
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• at P21, the density of VGAT puncta in the molecular layer (ML) is significantly lower than that in wild-type mice
• however, the density DAPI positive cells in the ML is normal
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• at P21, the thickness of the molecular layer is slightly smaller than that in the wild-type cerebellum
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• at P21, the height of climbing fiber (CF) projection relative to the thickness of the molecular layer (ML) is significantly smaller than that in the wild-type cerebellum
• however, the density of vGluT2 puncta in the ML is normal
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• at P21, mice exhibit decreased formation of ML interneuron-PC synapses
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behavior/neurological
• at 10-11 weeks of age, mice exhibit impaired motor coordination with a significantly shorter latency to fall from an accelerating rotard on the fourth testing day
• however, home cage behavior is normal
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