behavior/neurological
• rotarod performance is severely impaired and much worse than in mice carrying the Hdhtm1Mfc knock-in allele
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nervous system
• striatal neuronal volumes are significantly decreased in 6-month old mutants compared to mice carrying the Hdhtm1Mfc knock-in allele
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• early neuronal degeneration appears in the striatum and the medial septal nucleus by 3 months of age
• mutants exhibit increased susceptibility to 3-nitropropionic acid, developing larger striatal lesions and increased number of degenerating neurons compared to mice carrying the Hdhtm1Mfc knock-in allele
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