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. 2012 Sep 7;46(2):393–429. doi: 10.1007/s12035-012-8315-4

Table 4.

The phenotypes overlapping across mouse models and diseases

Detailed phenotypes Diseases
Common for 6 or more diseases Rotarod impairment DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA2 SCA3 SCA6 SCA7 SCA17
Abnormal gait DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA2 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Cell size decrease DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA2 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Clasping DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA2 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Ataxia DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Body weight loss DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Cell loss HD SBMA SCA1 SCA2 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Decreased lifespan DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Dendritic degeneration DRPLA HD SCA1 SCA2 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Diffused nuclear staining DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Electrophysiology alteration DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA3 SCA6 SCA7
Gene expression alteration DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Motor and exploratory activity decrease HD SBMA SCA1 SCA3 SCA6 SCA7 SCA17
Nuclear inclusions DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Abnormal cell morphology DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA3 SCA7
Brain volume decrease DRPLA HD SBMA SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Brain weight loss DRPLA HD SBMA SCA1 SCA3 SCA17
Diffused cytoplasmic staining HD SBMA SCA1 SCA2 SCA3 SCA7
Kyphosis HD SBMA SCA1 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Seizures/evoked seizures DRPLA HD SBMA SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Tremor DRPLA HD SBMA SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Common for 4 or 5 diseases Apoptosis increase HD SBMA SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Dark cell degeneration HD SBMA SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Loss of calbindin SCA1 SCA2 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Reactive gliosis HD SCA1 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Reduced fertility DRPLA HD SBMA SCA3 SCA7
Axonal degeneration DRPLA HD SBMA SCA17
Demyelination/thin myelin HD SBMA SCA3 SCA17
General incoordination DRPLA HD SCA1 SCA7
Grooming activity decrease HD SCA3 SCA6 SCA17
Hindlimb dragging HD SBMA SCA2 SCA3
Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis alteration DRPLA HD SBMA SCA3
Infertility HD SBMA SCA3 SCA7
Layer thickness decrease (cerebellum) SCA1 SCA3 SCA7 SCA17
Motor and exploratory activity increase DRPLA HD SCA1 SCA3
Muscle atrophy HD SBMA SCA1 SCA3
Nuclear microaggregates HD SBMA SCA7 SCA17
Simple motor learning deficit HD SCA1 SCA3 SCA7

The 21 “detailed phenotypes” (light gray) that are present in mouse models representing at least 6 diseases and 17 “detailed phenotypes” (dark gray) that are common for mouse models representing four or five diseases. For the number of “detailed phenotypes” in mouse models, see also Supp. Fig. 2