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. 2015 Jul 31;10(7):e0134861. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134861

Table 1. Major behavioral and physiological phenotypes in mouse genetic models of Down syndrome.

TTS Ts65Dn Ts1Cje Ts1Rhr Dp(10)1Yey Dp(16)1Yey Dp(17)1Yey Ts1Yah Tc1
The first reference [43] [54] [17] [18] [42] [42] [42] [16] [15]
Added genetic regions /# of genes/
 Mmu10 Pdxk-Prmt2/41 genes/ Pdxk-Prmt2/41 genes/
 Mmu16 Lipi-Zfp295, /115 genes/ mir155-Zfp295 /100 genes/ Sod1- Zfp295/69 genes/ Cbr1-ORF9/29 genes/ Lipi-Zfp295, /115 genes/ Abcg1–U2af1 /12 genes/
 Mmu17 Umodl1-Rrp1b /19 genes/ Umodl1-Rrp1b /19 genes/
 Hsa21 ~92% of all Hsa21 genes
Body weight ↓[43]☑ ↓ [55,56] ↔ [3] ↔[45,57]
Physical fitness
 Grip force ↓ [43] ↓ [58] ↔ [59]
 Ambulatory velocity ↓ ☑ ↑[25,26,37] ↔ [45] ↑ [59]
 Swimming velocity ↓ [43] ↓[58,60];↔[24] ↔ [42] ↓[42] ↔ [42] ↔ [16]
Locomotor activity
 Ambulatory distance ↔ ☑ ↑[25,26,37] ↔ [45] ↔ [16] ↑ [59]
 Ambulatory time ↑ ☑ ↑[26,37]
 Jumps/Jumping time ↓ ☑ ↑[25]
 Vertical time/counts ↔ ☑ ↑ [25] ↓ [45]
 Other activity tests ↓[17]
Stereotypic and compulsive behavior
 Stereotypic ↔ ☑ ↑[61,62] ↑ [59]
 Compulsive ↓ ☑
Anxiety
 Thigmotactic behav. ↔ ☑ ↔[26]; ↑[37] ↑ [45] ↔ [16] ↓ [59]
 Pellet test ↔ ☑ ↔[26] ↔ [45]
 Other anxiety tests ↔[63] ↔ [16] ↔ [15]
Working memory
 Y-maze ↔ ☑ ↓ [25,37] ↓ [16]
 T-maze ↓ ☑ ↓[25,26] ↓ [3] ↓ [45] ↔ [15]
Long-term memory
 Morris water maze ↓ [43] ↓[19,20,21,22,23,24] ↓[17,64] ↔[21] ↔[42] ↓[42] ↔ [42] ↑ [16] ↔ [65]
 CFC ↓ [43] ↓ [25,27,28] ↔[42] ↓[42] ↔ [42]
 NOR ↓ ☑ ↓ [23,25,26,37,66] ↔ [67] ↓ [45] ↔ [65]
Synaptic plasticity
 CA1 HFS ↓[34];↔[35] ↓[68] ↔[21] ↑ [16]
 CA1 TBS ↓[43] ↓ [35,36,37] ↔[42] ↓[42] ↑[42]
 CA1 TBS+GABAA ant ↔ [35]
 DG HFS ↓ ☑ ↓[26,30,38] ↓ [3] ↓ [45] ↓ [15,65]
 DG HFS+GABAA ant. ↔ ☑ ↔ [30,38] ↔ [3] ↔ [45]

‘☑’–Results of this study;

‘↔’—No change;

‘↑’–Increased;

‘↓’—Reduced;

‘─’–Data not published.