homeostasis/metabolism
• total brain iron levels are elevated in 18- and 24-month old mice
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• increased hepatic iron concentrations observed in females and males, however the increase was only statistically significant in females
• the increase was less than that observed in Hfetm3Sly (C294Y) homozygotes
• iron has a predominantly periportal distribution
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• reduction in total cholesterol levels in the brain of aging mice
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behavior/neurological
• 24 month old mice exhibit poorer recollection of familiar objects presented in a novel location
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• 18 and 24 month old mice show a decline in spatial learning ability in the Barns maze
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• 18 and 24 month old mice show an increase in mean latency to find the escape hole during the probe trial, an increase in the distance traveled to find and enter the escape hole, and make more errors, indicating impaired spatial memory
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• 18 and 24 month old mice show an increase in primary latency and total latency to find the escape hole and make more errors in the Barns maze during acquisition trials
• males at 24 months of age take significantly longer to find the escape hole than females
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• 14 and 24 month old mice exhibit an approximate 30% decrease in preference for the novel object, indicating poorer memory retention
• females at 24 months of age perform more poorly than males in the novel object recognition test
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liver/biliary system
• increased hepatic iron concentrations observed in females and males, however the increase was only statistically significant in females
• the increase was less than that observed in Hfetm3Sly (C294Y) homozygotes
• iron has a predominantly periportal distribution
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nervous system
• total brain iron levels are elevated in 18- and 24-month old mice
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• reduction in total cholesterol levels in the brain of aging mice
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• 6.5% decrease in total volume of brains at 22 months of age
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• total weight of brain is less than in wild-type mice at 22 months of age
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• 57% increase in brain ventricle size at 22 months of age
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• 22% decrease in volume of the medial corpus callosum at 22 months of age
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• marker analysis indicates an increase in neuronal loss at 22 months of age
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
hemochromatosis type 1 | DOID:0111029 |
OMIM:235200 |
J:88143 |