behavior/neurological
• in a forced swimming test, mutant mice are only able to swim about half the length of time relative to wild-type controls
• intravenous injection of purified exogenous ORM1 restores the swimming time completely
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homeostasis/metabolism
• in a forced swimming test, mutant mice are only able to swim about half the length of time relative to wild-type controls
• intravenous injection of purified exogenous ORM1 restores the swimming time completely
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muscle
• in vitro, electrically evoked contractions of soleus muscle isolated from mutant mice result in a significantly lower fatigue index than that seen in wild-type muscle at 2 and 3 minutes of the stimulation
• administration of purified ORM1 restores or even increases the fatigue index suggesting that the ORM1 is an endogenous anti-fatigue protein that may directly enhance muscle endurance
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