growth/size/body
• 15.3g bodyweight at 8 weeks of age as opposed to 26.5g in controls
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behavior/neurological
• less horizontal locomotor activity in open field tests
• less rearing
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• frequent bilateral synchronous spike and wave discharges indicative of absence epilepsy
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nervous system
• frequent bilateral synchronous spike and wave discharges indicative of absence epilepsy
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• in thalamocortical neurons
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• susceptibility to oscillatory activity in thalamocortical neurons
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• thalamocortical relay neurons with dramatically reduced inward current
• inward current reduced about 1/3 in CA1 pyramidal cells
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cardiovascular system
• variable intervals between heart beats
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• sinus dysrhythmia at rest but not during spontaneous activity
• variable intervals between successive heart beats
• regular P wave in a normal PR interval indicating synoatrial node dysfunction
• 30% reduced inward current of sinoatrial cells
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