Reeler
A reeler is a mouse mutant, so named because of its characteristic "reeling" gait. This is caused by profound hypoplasia of the mouse's cerebellum, in which the normal cerebellar folia are missing. The mutation is autosomal and recessive.
Cortical neurons are generated normally but are abnormally placed, resulting in disorganization of cortical laminar layers in the CNS. The reason is the lack of Reelin, an extracellular matrix glycoprotein, which during the corticogenesis is secreted mainly by the Cajal-Retzius cells. In the reeler neocortex, cortical plate neurons are aligned in a practically inverted fashion (‘‘outside-in’’). In the ventricular zone of the cortex fewer neurons have been found to have radial glial processes. In the dentate gyrus of hippocampus, no characteristic radial glial scaffold is formed and no compact granule cell layer is established. Therefore, the reeler mouse presents a good model in which to investigate the mechanisms of establishment of the precise neuronal network during development.
Short film
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. Although no consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits". The term featurette originally applied to a film longer than a short subject, but shorter than a standard feature film.
The increasingly rare term short subject means approximately the same thing. An industry term, it carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film. Short is an abbreviation for either term. Short films are often screened at local, national, or international film festivals and made by independent filmmakers for non profit, either with a low budget or no budget at all. They are usually funded by film grants, non profit organizations, sponsor, or personal funds. Short films are generally used by filmmakers to gain experience and/or prove their talent in order to gain funding for future films from private investors, entertainment companies, or film studios.
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by Riley Rae
7 Short Days
by: Riley RaeIt was a week when I would have thought.
This sort of thing was a lie,
Mean't for a fairytale, a storyline, a movie plot.
You showed up when all was wrong.
Pulled me out of my troubled mind.
Now a weeks gone, it hasn't been long
I'm singing a new song, you are my one and only
But in 7 short days things just fell right into place
The days were long but you, you made them fly (you made them fly)
If I had an hour for every time that you broke out a smile in me
our storyline would never run out of time.
La Da Di Da, La Da Di Da, La Da Di Da
Day one you were a nameless face
I swore that you would be mine
No I couldn't afford to lose this time, just to anybody
I've been counting the hours that I put a name to the face
that promised myself would be mine no one else
But in 7 short days things just fell right into place
the days were long but you, you made them fly
If I had and hour for everytime that you broke out
a smile in me our storyline would never run out time.
La Da Di Da, La Da Di Da, LaDa Di Da
But I couldn't believe it when I said to myself
That it's only been a week,that you are this new to me
And I couldn't believe it when I thought to myself
this time is not a lie, this is our storyline
It was a week when I would have thought
this sort of thing was a lie
mean't for a fairytale, a storyline a movie plot
But in 7 short days things just fell right into place
The days were long but you, you made them fly (you made them fly)
If I had an hour for every time that you broke out a smile in me
Our storyline would never run out of time (it would never run out of
time)
La Da Di Da, La Da Di Da, La Da Di Da
This is our storyline