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By using a second mutation, Oligosyndactyly (Os), that produces fused digits, and thereby allows the identification of mutants at birth, we determined that the brain weight and the thickness of the molecular layer and the size of Purkinje cell somata in the paramedian lobule of the cerebellum were significantly reduced in both mutants after, but not prior, to the onset of the symptoms. Using unbiased, stereologically correct methods, the volume of the entire cerebellum and volume of the molecular layer per Purkinje cell, but not the Purkinje cell number and density, were found to be reduced in adult mutant mice.","Evidence from the immunohistochemical analysis of the levels of three calcium binding proteins, calbindin, calretinin and parvalbumin, revealed differential staining between the mutant and wild type mice. Specifically, the motor cortex, basal ganglia and cerebellum, exhibited altered staining patterns in the mutant mice. In addition, the calcium binding proteins highlighted some structural abnormalities which had not been seen with other staining methods, namely torpedoes in the Purkinje cell axons of mutant mice.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:14:58Z (GMT). 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