mortality/aging
• mean life expectancy is 21 days
• mice typically die as a result of recurrent sporadic seizures
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nervous system
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• despite seizures, no abnormalities in brain cyto- or histoarchitecture are detected
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• seizures are characterized by wild running followed by fore and hindlimb clonus and tonus followed by a period of postictal behavioral depression
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• develop spontaneous seizures by P12
• seizures can be provoked by mild stressors such as cage movement or gentle handling
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• baclofen treatment fails to induce postsynaptic GABAB receptor mediated hyperpolarization
• in hippocampal slices treated with bicuculline intertictal bursts are significantly prolonged and an increase in the number of secondary discharges evoked following the primary burst is seen
• hippocampal slices taken from mice that experienced multiple seizures show a more pronounced ictal discharge pattern of epileptiform activity
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• baclofen fails to reduce action potential firing rates in hippocampal, dorsal Raphe, and arcuate nucleus neurons unlike in wild-type controls
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• single pulse afferent stimulation fails to elicit GABAB receptor mediated IPSP
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growth/size/body
• by P21
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behavior/neurological
• seizures are characterized by wild running followed by fore and hindlimb clonus and tonus followed by a period of postictal behavioral depression
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• develop spontaneous seizures by P12
• seizures can be provoked by mild stressors such as cage movement or gentle handling
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