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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 27.
Published in final edited form as: Front Biol (Beijing). 2010 Aug;5(4):304–323. doi: 10.1007/s11515-010-0650-0

Table 1. Spine pathology related to genetic mutations and mental retardation.

disorder genetic abnormality spine pathology reference
Rett syndrome MECP2 mutation reduced spine density, reduced dendritic complexity and maturation Belichenko et al., 1994; Amir et al., 1999; Moretti et al., 2006; Smrt et al., 2007
fragile X syndrome FMR1 protein deficiency increased spine density, abnormal spine morphology Hinton et al., 1991; Wisniewski et al., 1991; Comery et al., 1997; Irwin et al., 2001
Angelman syndrome chromosome 15q11–q13, UBE3A reduced spine density, abnormal spines, small RNA pathway Miura et al., 2002; Lalande and Calciano, 2007; Ding et al., 2008
Prader–Willi syndrome chromosome 15q11–q13 autism, reduced cognitive ability Battaglia, 2005; Sahoo et al., 2008
Down's syndrome chromosome 21 trisomy reduced spine density, reduced dendritic complexity Marin-Padilla, 1972, 1976; Suetsugu and Mehraein, 1980; Takashima et al., 1981; Ferrer and Gullotta, 1990; Takashima et al., 1994
Lafora disease EPM2 mutation reduced spine density Busardz et al., 1987
Patau syndrome chromosome 13 trisomy abnormal spine morphology Marin-Padilla, 1972
tuberous sclerosis mutations of TSC1 or TCS2 genes reduced spine density, abnormal spine morphology Machado-Salas, 1984
Niemann–Pick disease deficiency of sphingomyelinase reduced spine density, reduced dendritic complexity Walkley and Baker, 1984; Higashi et al., 1993; Sarna et al., 2003
Potocki–Lupski syndrome duplications of 17p11.2 autism Potocki et al., 2007
Smith–Magenis syndrome chromosome 17p11.2, RA11 mutations autism, abnormal brain anatomy Slager et al., 2003; Elsea and Girirajan, 2008
Williams–Beuren syndrome 7q11.23 (CYLN2, LIMK1, FZD9) reduced brain volume, altered spine morphology Hoogenraad et al., 2002; Meng et al., 2002; Zhao et al., 2005; Berg et al., 2007; Lim et al., 2007
22q11.2 deletion syndrome and DiGeorge syndrome deletion of 22q11.2, DGCR8 miRNA pathway, autism, smaller spines, smaller dendrites Lee and Lupski, 2006; Gothelf et al., 2007; Kobrynski and Sullivan, 2007; Stark et al., 2008