behavior/neurological
• presented with a floor temperature gradient mice spend more time in the cooler areas (23 - 30 C) and less time in warm areas (30 - 38 C) compared to wild-type mice
• mice show no preference for a floor at 31 C over one at 18 C unlike wild-type mice
• response of mice to the cooling effect of acetone is significantly reduced
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• absence of cold-induced analgesic response following formalin injection
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• following icilin injection mice do not display hindpaw withdrawal on a 1 C plate or wet-dog shakes
• however, cold nociception response to sub-zero temperatures is normal
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nervous system
• only 7.6% of cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons respond to a cold stimulus compared to 14.9% of wild-type neurons
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