behavior/neurological
• in an open-field test, mice remain in the center longer than wild-type mice
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• abnormal drop reflex; mice do not demonstrate expected dorsoflexion and spread out the front paws when quickly lowered from ~20 cm above a table surface, while controls do exhibit this behavior
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• mice exhibit impaired balance on a stationary rod compared to wild-type mice
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• mice exhibit poor swimming ability; mice can not maneuver in the water and can not remain at the surface
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• mice exhibit circling with a decreased latency to start circling compared to in cir homozygotes
(J:144656)
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hearing/vestibular/ear
• VESPs are absent at the maximum stimulus intensity used
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