The tottering mouse: a critical review of its usefulness in the study of the neuronal mechanisms underlying epilepsy.

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The tottering mouse resulted from a recessively inherited, autosomal, single-locus mutation which produces a very characteristic neurological and cellular phenotype. Almost simultaneously and late in the development of this mutant appears a triad of symptoms: frequent episodes of absence seizures with spike-and-wave discharges; more rarely occurring episodes of focal motor seizures; and ataxia. Electrographic,...

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