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Numbers of Mice Responding to Pinching with Vocalization
| Pinching site | Response* | Wild-type (n = 20) | Heterozygote (n = 36) | Homozygote (n = 18) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neck | ||||||||
| Strong | 17 | 35 | 0 | |||||
| Weak | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| None | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Tail | ||||||||
| Strong | 20 | 36 | 0 | |||||
| Weak | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| None | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Responses were scored as strong if the mouse vocalized in response to the first pinch, and weak if any vocalization occurred during a series of three pinches.
