The development of convulsive seizures in the grasshopper mouse (Onychomys torridus).
Open-field tests were administered to 29 male and 50 female southern grasshopper mice (Onychomys torridus) at 10-day intervals from 30-100 days of age. Convulsive seizures were observed to occur in 9 males and 23 females during at least 1 of the open-field tests. No significant differences appeared in the seizure characteristics of male and female subjects. The potential of O. torridus as an animal model of human epilepsy is discussed.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity; D012640:Seizures; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors