Table 1.

Data for general motor activities of noncarrier and A53T-Tg rats (mean ± SE)

	Age (months)
	4	5	6	8	10	12	14	16
Noncarrier (n = 6)
Weight (g)	283 ± 11.6	293 ± 8.5	304 ± 15.2	318 ± 12.9	343 ± 15.2	368 ± 12.4	360 ± 11.6	387 ± 14.6
Locomotion (crossing/min)	14.7 ± 1.30	12.2 ± 2.41	13.4 ± 0.95	12.1 ± 0.83	11.2 ± 1.06	11.1 ± 2.05	9.64 ± 1.28	8.6 ± 1.38
Rearing (times/min)	3.73 ± 0.22	3.53 ± 1.21	3.36 ± 0.80	3.25 ± 0.30	2.6 ± 0.35	2.48 ± 0.25	2.3 ± 0.59	2.3 ± 0.73
A53T-Tg (n = 12)
Weight (g)	294 ± 9.8	311 ± 13.8	337 ± 10.2	354 ± 13.7	354 ± 12.8	415 ± 31.5	409 ± 36.7	447 ± 28.6
Locomotion (crossing/min)	13.9 ± 1.43	17.1 ± 1.92	14.3 ± 1.73	8.05 ± 1.45	7.04 ± 1.24	5.9 ± 0.58	4.53 ± 0.76	4.07 ± 0.82
Rearing (times/min)	4.04 ± 0.54	4.84 ± 0.80	3.71 ± 0.78	2.08 ± 0.39	1.64 ± 0.44	1.43 ± 0.47	0.93 ± 0.20	0.67 ± 0.27