behavior/neurological
• in a Morris maze test with hidden platform, spatial learning and memory are impaired
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• at 3 months of age, males show a significantly impaired ability to maintain balance on a rotating rod at two different speeds (5 and 10 rpm)
• however, grip strength is normal in a traction test, indicating that poor rotarod performance is not due to muscle weakness
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nervous system
• granule cells are dispersed in the dentate gyrus
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• CA3 pyramidal neurons are disorganized
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• long term depression in response to low-frequency stimulation is only transiently decreased and returns to baseline within 10 to 15 minutes whereas depression is long-term in wild-type mice
• following stimulation with tetanus, depotentiation is impaired
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