behavior/neurological
• reduced ability to organize the hind limb movements results in a wobbly, unsteady gait
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• unsteady, wobbly gait
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spasticity
(
J:201866
)
• spasticity in the muscles of the lower back and limbs
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nervous system
• assessment at 5 weeks of age shows severe myelin deficiency in the peripheral nerves and at 16 weeks of age peripheral nerves show hypertrophy and very little myelin
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reproductive system
• only two of six heterozygous males reproduced
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hearing/vestibular/ear
• three of seven heterozgyotes assessed before 45 days of age show elevated auditory brainstem response
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• partial hearing impairment found by elevated ABR thresholds in three of seven heterozygotes
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limbs/digits/tail
N |
• no indication of pes cavovarus
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mortality/aging
N |
• no premature death noted
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vision/eye
N |
• three heterozygotes displayed no abnormalities by ophthalmoscopy
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