mortality/aging
• at 176 days
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behavior/neurological
• beginning at 5 months, mice display a widened stance and unsteady gait compared with wild-type mice
• ataxia progresses with time and becomes severe with excessive falling, difficulty righting, and death
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• beginning at 5 months, mice display a widened stance and unsteady gait compared with wild-type mice
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nervous system
• mice develop amyloid plaques positive for full-length Prnp protein in the neocortex, hippocampus, caudate nucleus, and cerebellar cortex
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• mice exhibit mild scattered vacuolization in the neocortex, hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus, caudate nucleus, pons, cerebellum molecular layer, and cerebellum granular layer
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homeostasis/metabolism
• mice develop amyloid plaques positive for full-length Prnp protein in the neocortex, hippocampus, caudate nucleus, and cerebellar cortex
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome | DOID:4249 |
OMIM:137440 |
J:151934 |