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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Autism Res. 2013 Oct 22;7(1):124–137. doi: 10.1002/aur.1344

Table 2.

Volume Differences in the NL3 KI, MECP2 308 and ITGB3 Mouse Models

Structure Volume (mean ± SD) absolute (mm3)
Relative volume % difference Effect size q-value
WT ASD Model
NL3 KI
 Total brain volume 477 ± 19 438 ± 18 −8a −2.06 0.02
 Total cerebellum volume 61 ± 2 58 ± 4 −5a −1.32 0.2
 Crus II: ansiform lobule (lobule 7) 3.9 ± 0.2 4.0 ± 0.2 10 1.94 3 × 10−2
 Paraflocculus (PFL) 4.4 ± 0.4 4.5 ± 0.4 12 1.45 5 × 10−2
 Crus II white matter 0.34 ± 0.03 0.35 ± 0.03 11 1.84 4 × 10−2
MECP2 hemizygous
 Total brain volume 478 ± 11 465 ± 11 −3a −1.22 0.1
 Total cerebellum volume 54 ± 1 55 ± 3 1a 0.57 0.6
 Lobule IX 2.8 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 0.3 11 1.78 2 × 10−2
 Lobule X 1.29 ± 0.04 1.4 ± 0.1 11 3.95 3 × 10−3
 Lobule IX white matter 0.38 ± 0.02 0.41 ± 0.04 12 2.30 1 × 10−2
MECP2 heterozygous
 Total brain volume 478 ± 11 464 ± 21 −31 −1.35 0.03
 Total cerebellum volume 54 ± 1 55 ± 4 21 0.79 0.4
 Lobule VI 2.51 ± 0.08 2.6 ± 0.2 7 1.72 6 × 10−4
 Lobule VIII 1.54 ± 0.08 1.6 ± 0.2 8 1.54 5 × 10−2
 Lobule X 1.29 ± 0.04 1.4 ± 0.1 12 4.28 2 × 10−2
 Anterior lobule (lobules 4–5) 1.8 ± 0.1 1.8 ± 0.1 6 1.20 2 × 10−2
 Simple lobule (lobule 6) 4.8 ± 0.1 4.9 ± 0.4 5 1.80 3 × 10−2
 Crus I: ansiform lobule (lobule 6) 4.4 ± 0.1 4.6 ± 0.4 6 1.87 2 × 10−2
 Crus II: ansiform lobule (lobule 7) 4.0 ± 0.2 4.2 ± 0.4 6 1.64 2 × 10−2
 Copula white matter 0.09 ± 0.02 0.10 ± 0.01 9 1.33 2 × 10−2
MECP2 homozygous
 Total brain volume 478 ± 11 468 ± 12 −2a −0.93 9 × 10−2
 Total cerebellum volume 54 ± 1 57 ± 1 5a 2.41 6 × 10−3
 Lobule III 1.9 ± 0.2 2.0 ± 0.2 8 1.01 4 × 10−2
 Lobules IV–V 4.1 ± 0.3 4.3 ± 0.2 5 0.89 4 × 10−2
 Lobule VI 2.51 ± 0.08 2.64 ± 0.08 7 1.72 4 × 10−4
 Lobule VII 0.88 ± 0.05 0.93 ± 0.09 8 1.36 2 × 10−2
 Lobule VIII 1.54 ± 0.08 1.7 ± 0.1 10 1.96 1 × 10−3
 Lobule IX 2.8 ± 0.2 3.2 ± 0.2 16 2.50 8 × 10−5
 Lobule X 1.29 ± 0.04 1.5 ± 0.1 14 5.05 8 × 10−6
 Anterior lobule (lobules 4–5) 1.8 ± 0.1 1.85 ± 0.07 8 1.65 1 × 10−3
 Simple lobule (lobule 6) 4.8 ± 0.1 5.0 ± 0.2 6 2.41 3 × 10−3
 Crus I: ansiform lobule (lobule 6) 4.4 ± 0.1 4.7 ± 0.2 8 2.49 1 × 10−3
 Crus II: ansiform lobule (lobule 7) 4.0 ± 0.2 4.3 ± 0.2 9 2.25 7 × 10−4
 Copula: pyramis (lobule 8) 2.4 ± 0.1 2.5 ± 0.1 6 1.09 6 × 10−2
 Paraflocculus (PFL) 3.9 ± 0.3 4.3 ± 0.4 13 1.94 2 × 10−3
 Lobule VIII white matter 0.19 ± 0.01 0.20 ± 0.01 7 0.91 4 × 10−2
 Lobule IX white matter 0.38 ± 0.02 0.42 ± 0.03 13 2.48 4 × 10−4
 Anterior lobule white matter 0.09 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.01 8 1.27 2 × 10−2
 Crus I white matter 0.45 ± 0.02 0.46 ± 0.02 6 1.47 4 × 10−2
 Copula white matter 0.09 ± 0.02 0.10 ± 0.01 13 1.88 7 × 10−4
 Paraflocculus white matter 0.36 ± 0.02 0.38 ± 0.02 7 1.25 6 × 10−3
ITGB3
 Total brain volume 483 ± 21 430 ± 12 −11a −2.52 2 × 10−5
 Total cerebellum volume 62 ± 4 49 ± 2 −20a −3.04 3 × 10−3
 Lobules I–II 2.1 ± 0.3 1.4 ± 0.2 −26 −2.35 2 × 10−4
 Lobule III 2.4 ± 0.3 1.9 ± 0.1 −12 −1.31 6 × 10−4
 Lobules IV–V 4.9 ± 0.5 3.8 ± 0.2 −12 −1.76 4 × 10−3
 Lobule VI 2.9 ± 0.3 2.24 ± 0.09 −11 −1.52 1 × 10−4
 Llobule VII 0.9 ± 0.1 0.71 ± 0.07 −14 −1.37 2 × 10−4
 Lobule VIII 1.6 ± 0.1 1.23 ± 0.09 −15 −2.28 5 × 10−4
 Lobule IX 3.1 ± 0.3 2.3 ± 0.1 −15 −1.74 2 × 10−5
 Lobule X 1.5 ± 0.2 1.17 ± 0.08 −14 −1.64 3 × 10−3
 Simple lobule (lobule 6) 6.0 ± 0.4 4.6 ± 0.2 −14 −2.85 8 × 10−7
 Crus I: ansiform lobule (lobule 6) 5.4 ± 0.4 4.3 ± 0.2 −11 −1.87 1 × 10−4
 Copula: pyramis (lobule 8) 2.6 ± 0.2 2.1 ± 0.1 −9 −1.04 1 × 10−2
 Trunk of arbor vita 4.4 ± 0.3 3.4 ± 0.1 −12 −3.29 1 × 10−7
 Lobule I–II white matter 0.09 ± 0.01 0.05 ± 0.01 −42 −4.21 1 × 10−7
 Lobule III white matter 0.29 ± 0.04 0.19 ± 0.02 −27 −2.20 2 × 10−5
 Trunk of lobules I–III white matter 0.16 ± 0.02 0.11 ± 0.01 −25 −3.06 5 × 10−7
 Lobules IV–V white matter 0.81 ± 0.09 0.62 ± 0.04 −13 −1.61 8 × 10−4
 Lobules VI–VII white matter 0.88 ± 0.09 0.69 ± 0.04 −11 −1.55 2 × 10−3
 Lobule VIII white matter 0.19 ± 0.02 0.14 ± 0.01 −20 −2.28 2 × 10−5
 Trunk of lobules VI–VIII white matter 0.13 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.01 −10 −1.70 2 × 10−3
 Lobule IX white matter 0.40 ± 0.03 0.28 ± 0.01 −20 −3.16 3 × 10−7
 Lobule X white matter 0.11 ± 0.02 0.08 ± 0.01 −21 −1.52 5 × 10−4
 Anterior lobule white matter 0.10 ± 0.01 0.09 ± 0.01 −8 −1.01 2 × 10−2
 Simple lobule white matter 0.54 ± 0.04 0.35 ± 0.05 −27 −5.37 2 × 10−7
 Crus I white matter 0.51 ± 0.04 0.33 ± 0.04 −27 −3.97 8 × 10−7
 Trunk of simple and crus I white matter 0.19 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.01 8 1.38 1 × 10−2
 Copula white matter 0.10 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.01 −10 −1.32 6 × 10−3
 Dentate nucleus 0.34 ± 0.02 0.26 ± 0.01 −14 −2.53 3 × 10−6
 Nucleus interpositus 0.43 ± 0.04 0.32 ± 0.02 −15 −2.12 3 × 10−5
 Fastigial nucleus 0.43 ± 0.04 0.32 ± 0.01 −15 −2.64 2 × 10−6
a

Percent difference of absolute volume, not relative volume.

ASD, autism spectrum disorder; ITGB3, integrin β3; NL3 KI, neuroligin-3 R451C knock-in; MECP2, methyl-CpG binding protein-2; SD, standard deviation; WT, wild type.