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ArticleScientific reports2022

Home-cage behavior in the Stargazer mutant mouse.

Catharina Schirmer, Mark A Abboud, Samuel C Lee, John S Bass, Arindam G Mazumder, Jessica L Kamen, Vaishnav Krishnan

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Catharina SchirmerDepartment of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza St, Neurosensory BCM: MS NB302, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Mark A AbboudDepartment of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza St, Neurosensory BCM: MS NB302, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Samuel C LeeDepartment of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza St, Neurosensory BCM: MS NB302, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
John S BassDepartment of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza St, Neurosensory BCM: MS NB302, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Arindam G MazumderDepartment of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza St, Neurosensory BCM: MS NB302, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Jessica L KamenDepartment of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza St, Neurosensory BCM: MS NB302, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Vaishnav KrishnanDepartment of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza St, Neurosensory BCM: MS NB302, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. vkrish@bcm.edu.

Funding

Dissecting the Developmental and Epileptic Components of Encephalopathy in DEER01NS131399 · NINDS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Vaishnav Krishnan · 2023 to 2026
$1.7M
UNRAVELLING THE MECHANISMS OF EPILEPSY-DEPRESSION COMORBIDITY IN A GENETIC MOUSE MODEL OF TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSYK08NS110924 · NINDS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI KRISHNAN, VAISHNAV · 2019 to 2023
$960k
NINDS NIH HHS 1K08NS110924NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS110924NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS131399
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In many childhood-onset genetic epilepsies, seizures are accompanied by neurobehavioral impairments and motor disability. In the Stargazer mutant mouse, genetic disruptions of Cacng2 result in absence-like spike-wave seizures, cerebellar gait ataxia and vestibular dysfunction, which limit traditional approaches to behavioral phenotyping. Here, we combine videotracking and instrumented home-cage monitoring to resolve the neurobehavioral facets of the murine Stargazer syndrome. We find that despite their gait ataxia, stargazer mutants display horizontal hyperactivity and variable rates of repetitive circling behavior. While feeding rhythms, circadian or ultradian oscillations in activity are unchanged, mutants exhibit fragmented bouts of behaviorally defined "sleep", atypical licking dynamics and lowered sucrose preference. Mutants also display an attenuated response to visual and auditory home-cage perturbations, together with profound reductions in voluntary wheel-running. Our results reveal that the seizures and ataxia of Stargazer mutants occur in the context of a more pervasive behavioral syndrome with elements of encephalopathy, repetitive behavior and anhedonia. These findings expand our understanding of the function of Cacng2.

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Cerebellar AtaxiaEpilepsy, AbsenceMotor DisordersPersons with DisabilitiesAnimalsAtaxiaHumansMiceSeizures

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PMCPMC9329369

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