mortality/aging
• at postnatal day 10, homozygotes were found with a frequency of only 5.5%
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• most homozygous mutant mice die in utero, and some die postnatally
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behavior/neurological
• age of onset was P9; more prominent when animals were treated with anticonvulsants for seizures
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• tonic clonic seizures prevailing by P20-23
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nervous system
• tonic clonic seizures prevailing by P20-23
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• overall brain size was decreased to ~40% in weight, but the gross anatomy appeared normal
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• the time constant for parallel fiber mediated excitatory post synaptic current (e.p.s.c) decay was significantly shorter in homozygous mice
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