nervous system
• 7 days after traumatic spinal cord injury increased cell death is seen in the center of the lesion and the rostrocaudal spread of the lesion is increased compared to wild-type
• 4 weeks after traumatic spinal cord injury locomotor performance is significantly more impaired but lesions are not significantly longer than in wild-type mice
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behavior/neurological
• mice exhibit reduced rapid eye movement (REM) sleep episode frequency compared with wild-type mice
• after sleep deprivation, mice exhibit a greater increase in fast 'slow waves' compared with wild-type mice
• however, a decrease in non-REM sleep episode frequency is compensated by extension of non-REM sleep episode duration
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