mortality/aging
• some mice die after episodes of rhythmic jumping or tonic-clonic seizure
• 13.5% of mice die between 21 and 28 days after which mortality is about 10% per month until 12 months when all mice are dead
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behavior/neurological
• by 6 months of age, mice become less interactive with littermates and their environment compared to wild-type mice
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• mice fall when standing on hind legs to feed unlike wild-type mice
• all mice fall from a rotarod, but female mice exhibit more time on the rotarod than males
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• mice older than 4 months exhibit unusual postures in which they curl up on their side unlike wild-type mice
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• mice exhibit impaired motor coordination
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• mice exhibit difficulty coordinating the movement needed to swim and will drown if not assisted
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• unsteady
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• by 6 months of age
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• mice exhibit frequent episodes of brief behavioral arrest lasting 2 to 3 seconds and occasional repeated and rhythmic jumping towards the top of the cage on their hind legs followed by a period of quiescence unlike wild-type mice
• however, mice cease their abnormal jumping behavior by 6 weeks of age
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• mice exhibit rare frank tonic-clonic convulsions that are followed by a period of quiescence unlike wild-type mice
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• mice exhibit frequent, large amplitude runs of spike-wave discharges often associated with a head twitch or behavioral pause unlike wild-type mice
• mice exhibit absence seizures that can be eliminate by treatment with ethosuximide
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• mice exhibit frequent, large amplitude runs of spike-wave discharges often associated with a head twitch or behavioral pause unlike wild-type mice
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growth/size/body
• at P14
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• at P14
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nervous system
• mice exhibit rare frank tonic-clonic convulsions that are followed by a period of quiescence unlike wild-type mice
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• mice exhibit frequent, large amplitude runs of spike-wave discharges often associated with a head twitch or behavioral pause unlike wild-type mice
• mice exhibit absence seizures that can be eliminate by treatment with ethosuximide
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• mice exhibit frequent, large amplitude runs of spike-wave discharges often associated with a head twitch or behavioral pause unlike wild-type mice
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