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. 2023 Jul 19;13(7):1092. doi: 10.3390/brainsci13071092

Table 1.

Clinical scoring of EAE mice [28].

Score Clinical Manifestations (Significant Comment)
0 Without clinical symptoms
1 Partly limp tail (a tip of the tail droops, normal gait)
2 Paralyzed tail (tail droops, normal gait)
3 Uncoordinated movement, hind limb paresis (uncoordinated gait, hind limbs responding to pinching, tail limps)
4 One paralyzed hind limb (uncoordinated gait with dragging one hind limb, one hind limb not responding to pinch, tail limps)
5 Two paralyzed hind limbs (uncoordinated gait with both hind limbs dragging, two hind limbs not responding to pinch, tail limps)
6 Hind limbs paralyzed, weak forelimbs (uncoordinated gait with forelimbs struggling to pull body, tail limps, forelimbs reflex following pinching)
7 Hind limbs paralyzed, one paralyzed forelimb (no movement of the mouse, one forelimb responding to a toe pinch, tail limps)
8 Hind limbs paralyzed, both forelimbs paralyzed (no movement of the mouse, both forelimbs do not respond to a toe pinch, tail limps)
9 Moribund (worsened breathing, no movement)
10 Death