adipose tissue
• reduction in accumulation of abdominal fat pads
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behavior/neurological
growth/size/body
• reduced body weight as compared to controls
• some animals recover to normal body weight as adults
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• 12.2% reduction in average body length as compared to controls
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mortality/aging
• some mice die in the first postnatal weeks
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nervous system
• mildly reduced brain weight and volume in P7 pups, however, brain weight matches controls as mice mature
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• morphological abnormalities in corpus callosum
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• increase in size of superior and inferior colliculi (5.9% and 11.7%, respectively)
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• increase in size of superior and inferior colliculi (5.9% and 11.7%, respectively)
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• structural abnormalities in basal ganglia are characterized by expansion in dorsofrontal direction and reduction at ventrocaudal areas
• relative volume is unchanged
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• 2.79% increase in relative volume of globus pallidus
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• increased numbers of Drd2+ striatal medium spiny neurons
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• 4.83% increase in relative volume of nucleus accumbens
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• increase in size of hypothalamus (4.2%)
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• increase in size of thalamus (9.6%)
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• increased thickness in medial areas of cortex
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• reduced thickness in lateral and ventral areas of cortex
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• increase in ratio of AMPAR excitatory postsynaptic currents to NMDA receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents
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• increase in mean miniature excitatory postsynaptic current frequency
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• decrease in paired-pulse ratios across multiple interstimulus intervals
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
autism spectrum disorder | DOID:0060041 | J:210018 |