behavior/neurological
• homozygotes have improved performance in later trials on the accelerating rotarod at 6 weeks of age and the same animals showed improved performance in all trials when retested at 15 weeks of age
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• the left and right stride lengths are decreased by 12%; however, the sciatic nerve appears normal
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• latency to first paw lick is increased an average of 60% compared to wild-type mice; however the latency to jump is not increased
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nervous system
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• gross morphology and macroscopic development of the brain and the general organization of neurites and synapses are normal
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