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MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:decreased midbrain size
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Definition:size reduction or truncation of the brain region derived from the middle of the three cerebral vesicles of the embryo; this region controls sensory and motor functions in the adult, including eye movement and coordination of auditory and visual reflexes
Synonyms:exact_synonym: decreased mesencephalon size;   reduced mesencephalon size;   reduced midbrain size;   small mesencephalon;   small midbrain;   truncated mesencephalon;   truncated midbrain



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  mammalian phenotype 5403
    nervous system phenotype 371
      abnormal nervous system morphology 215
        abnormal brain morphology 139
          abnormal brain size 33
            decreased brain size 17
              decreased midbrain size 0
                midbrain hypoplasia 0
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  mammalian phenotype 5403
    nervous system phenotype 371
      abnormal nervous system morphology 215
        abnormal brain morphology 139
          abnormal brainstem morphology 13
            abnormal midbrain morphology 7
              abnormal midbrain size 0
                decreased midbrain size 0
                  midbrain hypoplasia 0
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