Publication Date:
1979-06-22
Description:
Mice with the mutant gene tottering (tg, chromosome 8, autosomal recessive) show, in adolescence, abnormal bursts of bilaterally synchronous spike waves as revealed in electrocorticograms recorded over long periods. The spike waves are accompanied by behavioral "absence" attacks and intermittent focal motor seizures showing somatotopic progression. Cerebral metabolic activity during seizures was assayed by autoradiography of brain sections from mice injected intravenously with 14C-labeled 2-deoxyglucose. Metabolic activity was increased bilaterally in selected brainstem structures. Spontaneous electrocorticographic and clinical seizures of this general pattern were recognized hitherto only in humans.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Noebels, J L -- Sidman, R L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1979 Jun 22;204(4399):1334-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/572084" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Action Potentials
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Animals
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Behavior/*physiology
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Brain/growth & development/physiopathology
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Electrocardiography
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Epilepsy/*genetics/physiopathology
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Humans
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Mice
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Mice, Neurologic Mutants/genetics/*physiology
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Neural Pathways/physiopathology
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Seizures/physiopathology
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Stereotyped Behavior/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
