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M_MECP2_5.9_CKO_HE
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Phenotypic Profile
Category Entity Quantity Experimental Paradigm Age at Testing
Motor phenotype Grip strength1
Decreased
Description: Decreased grip/muscle strength demonstrated by decreased latency to fall on a wire hang
Exp Paradigm: Hanging wire assay

Wire hang test 9 weeks
Motor phenotype Motor coordination and balance1
Abnormal
Description: Abnormal muscle coordination demonstrated by increased foot slips
Exp Paradigm: Wire grid assay

Footslip test 5 weeks
Motor phenotype General locomotor activity1
Decreased
Description: Decreased locomotor activtivity leading to hypactivity
Exp Paradigm: Open field test

Open field test 12-19 weeks
Motor phenotype Motor coordination and balance1
Abnormal
Description: Abnormal muscle coordination demonstrated by impaired dowel walk
Exp Paradigm: Dowel walking test

Dowel walk test 9 weeks
Motor phenotype Motor coordination and balance1
Abnormal
Description: Abnormal muscle coordinaion demonstrated by shorter latency to fall on an accelerating rotarod
Exp Paradigm: Accelerating rotarod test

Accelerating rotarod test 19 weeks
Motor phenotype Self grooming: home cage/familiar environment1
Increased
Description: Increased self grooming behavior leading to fur loss and epidermal lesions
Exp Paradigm: General observations

General observations Unreported
Neurophysiology Synaptic transmission1
Decreased
Description: Decreased amplitude and charge of mipscs in layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons of the somatosensory cortex
Exp Paradigm: NA

Whole-cell patch clamp Unreported
Neurophysiology Synaptic plasticity: hippocampal ltp1
Decreased
Description: Decreased long-term potentiation (ltp) induced by theta-burst stimulation of schaffer collateral synapses
Exp Paradigm: NA

Long term potentiation (ltp) Unreported
Neurophysiology Neurotransmitter release1
Decreased
Description: Decreased gaba content in layer 2/3 cortical neurons and striatal medium spiny neurons
Exp Paradigm: Somatic gaba content

Immunohistochemistry 15-17 weeks
Repetitive behavior Stereotypy1
Increased
Description: Increased forelimb stereotypies reminiscent of mid-line hand wringing
Exp Paradigm: General observations

General observations Unreported
Repetitive behavior Head bobbing1
Increased
Description: Increased head bobbing stereotypy
Exp Paradigm: Holeboard assay

Hole-board test Unreported
Seizure Seizures1
Abnormal
Description: Abnormal seizure activity demonstrating frequenct hyperexcitability discharges with no electrographic seizures
Exp Paradigm: Eeg recordings

Electroencephalogram (eeg) 9 weeks
Sensory Startle response: acoustic stimulus1
Decreased
Description: Decreased startle response: acoustic stimulus response to 120 db
Exp Paradigm: Response to 120 db white noise stimulus

Startle response test 8 weeks
Sensory Sensorimotor gating1
Increased
Description: Increased prepulse inhibition at 78 and 82 db prepulses demonstrating dysfunction of sensorimotor gating
Exp Paradigm: Prepulse inhibtion of the startle response: acoustic stimulus

Prepulse inhibition 8 weeks
Social behavior Social interaction1
Increased
Description: Increased interaction with partner mouse through sniffing, pawing, or rearing
Exp Paradigm: Partition test for social interest

Partition test 12-13 weeks
Social behavior Nest building behavior1
Decreased
Description: Decreased nest building ability
Exp Paradigm: General observations

General observations 13 weeks
Developmental profile Mortality/lethality1
Increased
Description: Increased lethality after a period of marked weight loss and severe respiratory dysfunction
Exp Paradigm: Survival analysis

Survival analysis 6.5 months
Learning & memory Olfactory learning and memory1
Increased
Description: Increased time sniffing vanilla than controls
Exp Paradigm: NA

Olfactory habituation-dishabituation test Unreported
Learning & memory Spatial reference memory1
Decreased
Description: Decreased spatial reference memory demonstrated by difficulty locating the platform
Exp Paradigm: Morris water maze task

Morris water maze test 11 weeks
Molecular profile Gene expression1
Decreased
Description: Decreased mrna levels of gad1 and gad 2 in cortex and striatum
Exp Paradigm: Gad1 and gad2 mrna levels

Quantitative pcr (qrt-pcr) Unreported
Emotion Anxiety1 No change Open field test Unreported
Neurophysiology Presynaptic function: paired-pulse facilitation1 No change Paired-pulse ratio Unreported
Social behavior Social approach1 No change Three-chamber social approach test 11-12 weeks
Social behavior Social scent marking or recognition1 No change Olfactory habituation-dishabituation test Unreported
Not Reported: Circadian sleep/wake cycle,  Communications,  Immune response,  Maternal behavior,  Neuroanatomy / ultrastructure / cytoarchitecture,  Physiological parameters,  
 
References: 1:  Chao HT , et al. 2010
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