Table 1.
behavior score | observed motor behavior |
---|---|
0 | normal behavior: walking, exploring, sniffing, grooming |
1 | freeze behavior: immobile, staring, curled-up posture |
2 | automatisms: repetitive blinking, chewing, head bobbing, vibrissae twitching, scratching, face washing |
3 | partial-body clonus, myoclonic jerks, shivering |
4 | whole-body clonus, “corkscrew” turning and flipping, loss of posture, rearing, falling |
5 | SE onset, nonintermittent seizure activity lasting at least 30 min |
6 | wild running, bouncing, tonic seizures |
7 | death |