digestive/alimentary system
• tamoxifen-treated mice exhibit decreased stool frequency compared with control mice
• 2 to 5 tamoxifen-treated mice exhibit hard feces that accumulates in the distal colon unlike in control mice
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• tamoxifen-treated mice exhibit wet stool weight and water stool content compared with control mice
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growth/size/body
• in tamoxifen-treated mice
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nervous system
• 40% of tamoxifen-treated mice exhibit reduced enteric neurons compared with similarly treated control mice (Rettm1Heno/Ret+ Tg(CAG-cre/Esr1*)5Amc mice)
• tamoxifen-treated mice exhibit fewer NOS-expressing neurons compared to in control mice
• however, 60% of tamoxifen-treated mice exhibit normal enteric nervous system development
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