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. 2014 Sep 4;9(9):e106572. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106572

Table 2. Summary of the primary effects of the Dyrk1A gene dosage.

TS +/+/+ vs. euploids TS +/+/−
Dyrk1A protein expression in the hippocampus ↑↑ (Increased)  =  (Normalized vs. euploids)
MWM test
Reference memory ↓↓ (Impaired) ↑ (Improved vs. TS +/+/+)
Working memory ↓↓ (Impaired) ↑ (Improved vs. TS +/+/+)
Efficiency of learning ↓↓ (Impaired) ↑ (Improved vs. TS +/+/+)
Thigmotaxis ↑↑ (Increased) ↓ (Reduced vs. TS +/+/+)
Swimming speed  =  (Unchanged)  =  (Unchanged)
Cued learning  =  (Unchanged)  =  (Unchanged)
Fear conditioning test
Cued conditioning ↓↓ (Impaired) ↓↓ (Impaired vs. euploids)
Contextual conditioning ↓↓ (Impaired) ↑ (Improved vs. TS +/+/+)
Motor function
Motor test battery  =  (Unimpaired)  =  (Unimpaired)
Rotarod test  =  (Unimpaired)  =  (Unimpaired)
Open field test
Hyperactivity ↑↑ (Increased) ↑ (Increased vs. euploids)
Anxiety  =  (Unchanged)  =  (Unchanged)
LTP ↓↓ (Impaired)  =  (Rescued vs. euploids)
Synapse markers
GAD65/67 ↑↑ (Increased)  =  (Rescued vs. euploids)
VGLUT ↓↓(Decreased)  =  (Rescued vs. euploids)
Hippocampal histology and morphology
Proliferation (Ki67) ↓↓ (Impaired)  =  (Rescued vs. euploids)
Differentiation (DCX and CLR) ↓↓ (Impaired)  =  (Rescued vs. euploids)
Survival (DAPI) ↓↓ (Impaired) ↓↓ (Impaired vs. euploids)
DG Volume ↓↓ (Reduced) ↓↓ (Reduced vs. euploids)
SGZ area ↓↓ (Reduced) ↓↓ (Reduced vs. euploids)
Body weight ↓↓ (Reduced) ↓↓ (Reduced)