Tonic/clonic seizures in a mouse mutant carrying the weaver gene.
A seizure disorder, characterized by sporadic tonic/clonic seizures has been identified in a strain of mice carrying the weaver (wv) gene. Breeding studies and a review of the literature indicate that this is either a property of the wv gene or linked to it tightly.
Eisenberg
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B
Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201.
Messer
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D000818:Animals; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008818:Mice, Neurologic Mutants / Q000502:physiology*; D010375:Pedigree