behavior/neurological
• spend significantly more time immobile in the Tail Suspension test, indicating a possible depression-like phenotype
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• spend significantly more time in the central region of the open field, indicating decreased anxiety
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• exhibit enhanced startle responses to sound stimuli at 110 db and 120 db
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• exhibit impaired activity on the rotarod test, falling from accelerating rotarod at slower speeds than wildtype
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• exhibit an increase in total distance traveled in the Open Field test
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growth/size/body
• body weight of homozygous males is decreased compared to controls
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