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Generation and characterization of pilocarpine-sensitive C57BL/6 mice as a model of temporal lobe epilepsy.
Behavioural brain research - 21 Apr 2012
Bankstahl Marion, Müller Christine J, Wilk Esther, Schughart Klaus, Löscher Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
C57BL/6 (B6) is the most widely used inbred mouse strain, but its use in epilepsy research is compromised by low sensitivity to various convulsants, including pilocarpine. We recently identified a subline of B6NCrl mice in a barrier (#8) of a German vendor (Charles River) that was much more sensitive to status epilepticus (SE) induction than B6NCrl mice from four other barriers of the same vendor and other B6...
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