Table 1.
Modified Mouse Coma Scale
| Human Glasgow Coma Scale | Modified Mouse Coma Scale | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eye opening | Spontaneous | 4 | Posture | Moving about cage | 4 |
| To command | 3 | Hunched | 3 | ||
| To pain | 2 | Dazed sternal recumbence | 2 | ||
| None | 1 | Prone | 1 | ||
| Verbal response | Oriented | 5 | Response to sound | Turns to investigate | 5 |
| Confused, disoriented | 4 | Moves away | 4 | ||
| Inappropriate words | 3 | Startle | 3 | ||
| Incomprehensible sounds | 2 | Wincing (no body movement) | 2 | ||
| None | 1 | No response | 1 | ||
| Motor response | Obeys commands | 6 | Tail lift response | Extension and reaching | 6 |
| Localizes pain | 5 | Extension without reaching | 5 | ||
| Withdraws | 4 | Lifts head flexion | 4 | ||
| Abnormal flexion to pain | 3 | Flexion no head lift | 3 | ||
| Abnormal extension to pain | 2 | Deviates to one side | 2 | ||
| None | 1 | No response | 1 | ||
| Best total score | 15 | 15 | |||