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M_NLGN3_4_KO
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Phenotypic Profile
Category Entity Quantity Experimental Paradigm Age at Testing
Motor phenotype Hyperactivity1
Increased
Description: Increased total distance traveled, mean velocity, compared to wild type
Exp Paradigm: Open field test, mice were not nave

Open field test 12-15 weeks
Motor phenotype Hyperactivity1
Increased
Description: Increased total distance traveled, mean velocity, compared to wild type
Exp Paradigm: Elevated plus maze test

Elevated plus maze test 12-15 weeks
Neuroanatomy / Ultrastructure / Cytoarchitecture Brain size1
Decreased
Description: Decreased volume of brain, excluding olfactory bulb, cerebellum and brainstem
Exp Paradigm: Magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic resonance imaging (mri) 12-15 weeks
Sensory Olfaction1
Decreased
Description: Decreased response, measured by increased latency in food finding, compared to wild type
Exp Paradigm: Buried food test with no cues, mice were not nave

Buried food test 12-15 weeks
Social behavior Social memory1
Decreased
Description: Decreased preference for novel social target, compared to wild type
Exp Paradigm: Three-chamber social approach test: social novelty, mice were not nave

Three-chamber social approach test 12-15 weeks
Communications Ultrasonic vocalization1
Decreased
Description: Decreased response, measured by increased latency to initiate ultrasonic vocalizations in respose to female in estrous and decreased number of calls
Exp Paradigm: Call latency towards an unfamiliar female mouse in estrous, mice were not nave

Monitoring ultrasonic vocalizations 12-15 weeks
Emotion Exploratory activity1
Increased
Description: Increased number of holes explored in hole-board test
Exp Paradigm: Hole-board test, mice were not nave

Hole-board test 12-15 weeks
Learning & memory Cued or contextual fear conditioning: memory of cue1
Decreased
Description: Decreased memory, measured by decreased freezing time in response to acoustic cue, compared to wild type
Exp Paradigm: Fear conditioning test: acoustic cue-dependent

Fear conditioning test 12-15 weeks
Learning & memory Cued or contextual fear conditioning: memory of context1
Decreased
Description: Decreased memory, measured by decreased freezing time in response to context, compared to wild type
Exp Paradigm: Fear conditioning test: contextual

Fear conditioning test 12-15 weeks
Learning & memory Cognitive flexibility1
Increased
Description: Increased cognitive flexibility measured by decreased latency to reach hidden platform in new location on first trial, but no change in learning rate of new location, and no change in time spent in new target quadrant in probe trial after learning, compared to wild type
Exp Paradigm: Morris water maze test: reversal learning, 8 trials, mice were not nave

Morris water maze test 12-15 weeks
Developmental profile Size/growth1 No change General observations 12-15 weeks
Emotion Anxiety1 No change Elevated plus maze test 12-15 weeks
Emotion Anxiety1 No change Open field test 12-15 weeks
Learning & memory Spatial learning1 No change Morris water maze test 12-15 weeks
Learning & memory Spatial learning1 No change Morris water maze test 12-15 weeks
Learning & memory Spatial reference memory1 No change Morris water maze test 12-15 weeks
Motor phenotype Motor coordination and balance1 No change Accelerating rotarod test 12-15 weeks
Sensory Sensorimotor gating1 No change Prepulse inhibition 12-15 weeks
Sensory Taste1 No change Sucrose preference test 12-15 weeks
Social behavior Social approach1 No change Three-chamber social approach test 12-15 weeks
Social behavior Social interaction1 No change Reciprocal social interaction test 12-15 weeks
Not Reported: Circadian sleep/wake cycle,  Immune response,  Maternal behavior,  Molecular profile,  Neurophysiology,  Physiological parameters,  Repetitive behavior,  Seizure,  
 
References: 1:  Radyushkin K , et al. 2009
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