behavior/neurological
• 13% reduction in forelimb grip strength
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• develop a whistling noise during exercise or when excited
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respiratory system
• develop a whistling noise during exercise or when excited possibly due to respiratory muscle deficiency
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nervous system
• postsynaptic membrane thinner due to loss of acetylcholine receptors
• decreased receptor density in neuromuscular junctions of Soleus
• fragmented presynaptic and postsynaptic organization in Soleus
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• prolonged tau values for miniature end plate currents in triangularis sterni muscle
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• prolonged evoked end plate potentials with progressive summation
• increased potentials and prolonged decay times in Extensor digitorum longus
• Soleus decay times prolonged
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muscle
• simplified postsynaptic gutter in soleus muscle and loss of junctional folds
• accumulation of vesicles in postsynaptic sarcoplasm of Soleus muscle fibers
• degenerating nuclei in Soleus muscle fibers, apoptotic nuclei
• atrophic Soleus muscle fibers
• accumulation of empty vesicles in Extensor digitorum longus fibers
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• tetanic muscle contractions develop less force than in controls
• tetanic contractions fade at stimulus frequencies of 150Hz
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
congenital myasthenic syndrome 4A | DOID:0110678 |
OMIM:605809 |
J:182046 |