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. 2017 Jul 19;7:5801. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06374-x

Table 1.

Phenotypes of Pcdh19 hemizygous male (XY) and heterozygous female (X+X) mutants compared to wild-type counterparts.

Test Measure Phenotype
Male Female
1. General health/neurological screen (GHNS) Whisker, coat, reflexes n.s. n.s.
Body weight (g) Decreased n.s.
Rectal temperature (°C) n.s. Decreased
Grip strength (N) Decreased n.s.
Wire hang (sec) n.s. Decreased
2. Light/Dark transition Distance traveled in light (cm) n.s. Increased
Distance traveled in dark (cm) n.s. Increased
Stay time in light (sec) n.s. n.s.
Stay time in dark (sec) n.s. n.s.
Number of transitions n.s n.s.
Latency to enter light (sec) n.s n.s.
3. Open field Total distance (cm) See Fig. S5 See Fig. S5
Vertical activity See Fig. S5 See Fig. S5
Center time (sec) See Fig. S5 See Fig. S5
Stereotypic Counts See Fig. S5 See Fig. S5
4. Elevated plus maze Distance traveled (cm) Decreased Decreased
Time on open arms (%) n.s. n.s.
Number of entries Decreased n.s.
Entries into open arms (%) n.s. n.s.
5. Hot Plate Latency (sec) Decreased n.s
6. Social Interaction (Novel environment) Total duration of contacts (sec) n.s. n.s.
Mean duration per contacts (sec) n.s. n.s.
Number of contacts n.s. n.s.
Total duration of active contact (sec) n.s. n.s.
Distance traveled (cm) n.s. n.s.
7. Rotarod Latency to fall (sec) n.s. n.s.
8. Social interaction (Crawly’s version) Total distance (cm) n.s. n.s.
Average speed (cm/sec) n.s. n.s.
Sociability n.s. n.s.
Social preference n.s. n.s.
9. Prepulse inhibition Acoustic startle response at 110 dB n.s. Increased
Acoustic startle response at 120 dB n.s. n.s.
Prepulse inhibition (%) at 110 dB n.s. n.s.
Prepulse inhibition (%) at 120 dB n.s. n.s
10. Porsolt forced swim Immobility (%) See Fig. 5 See Fig. 5
Distance traveled (cm) Decreased n.s.
11. T-maze spontaneous alternation Correct responses (%), latency (sec) and distance traveled (cm) during training See Fig. S6 See Fig. S6
Correct responses in the delay session See Fig. S6 See Fig. S6
12. Barnes maze Distance (cm), latency (sec), search errors and omission errors See Fig. S7 See Fig. S7
Probe test 1 day after training See Fig. S8 See Fig. S8
Probe test 32 days after training See Fig. S8 See Fig. S8
13. Tail suspension Immobility (%) See Fig. 5 See Fig. 5
Distance traveled (cm) Increased Increased
14. Fear conditioning Freezing (%) and distance traveled (cm) in See Fig. 7 See Fig. 7
2) context test 1 day and 28 days after conditioning. See Fig. 7 See Fig. 7
3) cued test with altered context 1 day and 28 days after conditioning. See Fig. 7 See Fig. 7
15. Open field (2nd) Total distance (cm) See Fig. 6 See Fig. 6
Vertical activity See Fig. 6 See Fig. 6
Center time (sec) See Fig. 6 See Fig. 6
Stereotypic Counts See Fig. 6 See Fig. 6
16. Social interaction test in a home cage Social interaction activity n.s. n.s.
Locomotor activity n.s. n.s.

n.s., no statistical difference (P > 0.05); Increased, statistically increased (<0.05); Decreased, statistically decreased (<0.05).