Table 3. Task-specific olfactory deficits in mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Disease conditions include genetic etiologies, prenatal exposures, environmental exposures, and epilepsy. Gray bars indicate testing performed, and there was no difference. Red bars indicate deficits, green bars indicate improved performance compared to controls, white bars indicate testing was not performed.
| Disease | Model | Buried food (Detection) | Hole board or Place Preference (Preference) | Habituation/Dishabituation (Discrimination) | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fragile X | fmr1−/y | No difference | |||
| No difference in discrimination using go-no-go | |||||
| Down Syndrome | Ts65Dn | ↓ learned discrimination using go-no-go | |||
| Prader-Willi | Magel2-null | ↓ acuity | ↓ exploration time of odors | ||
| Angelman Syndrome | Upe3a−/p+ | ↓ acuity | ↓ detection sensitivity using dehabituation ↓ learned discrimination in a digging task |
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| Phelan-McDermid Syndrome |
Shank3Δ4−22 Shank3 null |
↓ acuity | |||
| Rett like | Prune2Ex16−/− | No preference | ↓ exploration time of odors Impaired odor memory in paired aversion task | ||
| Adult-onset leukodystrophy | Csf1r+/− | ↓ acuity | |||
| CHARGE | Chd7whi/+ | ↓ sensitivity | |||
| Niemann Pick | NPC1−/− | ↓ acuity | |||
| Huntington disease | HTT CAG knock-in | ↓ learned discrimination in a digging task | |||
| Phenylketonuria | Pahenu2 | ↓ acuity | ↓ learned discrimination in a digging task | ||
| Spinocerebellar Atrophy 38 | Elovl5 KO | ↓ acuity | |||
| Tuberous Sclerosis Complex | Tsc1 cKO | ||||
| Williams-Beuren syndrome |
Gtf2i+/− Gtf2i+/dup |
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| α-mannosidosis | EαM−/− | ↓ learned discrimination in a digging task | |||
| Lissencephaly | Lis1+/− | ||||
| Kallmann Syndrome | Tshz1 cKO | ↓ acuity | |||
| Jacob/Nsmf KO | No differences in behavioral response to odor | ||||
| Other monogenic causes of intellectual disability | Brinp1–3 | No difference in odor exploration time | |||
| Tlr7 KO | ↑ acuity | ||||
| Visc-2−/− | |||||
| OPHN1−/y | ↓ sensitivity | ||||
| Nrp2−/− | |||||
| ArxF/X | |||||
| EPAC2−/− | |||||
| BRD7 KO |
| Disease | Model | Buried food (Detection) | Hole board or Place Preference (Preference) | Habituation/Dishabituation (Discrimination) | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prenatal Exposures | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | ||||
| ↓ learned discrimination in a digging task Impairment in a paired aversion task in pups | |||||
| Ethiprole | Earlier orientation to bedding by pups | ||||
| Amaranth | Later orientation to bedding by pups | ||||
| BMAA | Males ↓ odor memory | ||||
| BPA | ↓ sensitivity | ||||
| Cocaine | ↓ learned discrimination using go-no-go | ||||
| DBP | Later orientation to bedding by pups | ||||
| Exhaust | No preference | Difficulty in a learned odor association task | |||
| Lead | ↓ sensitivity | ||||
| Piperonyl butotxide | Later orientation to bedding by pups | ||||
| Methamphetamines | ↓ sensitivity | ||||
| Organophosphates | |||||
| Propofol | ↓ acuity | ||||
| SAD | No preference | ||||
| Sevofluorane | |||||
| Tartrazine | |||||
| Environmental Factors | Low iron diet (rat) | ↑ acuity | ↑ preference | ↑ exploration time of odors | |
| Vitamin D deficiency | ↓ odor learning in a tube maze | ||||
| Maternal obesity | ↓ acuity | ↓ sensitivity | |||
| Very low birth weight | ↑ time to find home bedding | ||||
| Epilepsy | |||||
| Scn1a+/− | No preference | ↓ sensitivity | |||
| Scn2a+/− | |||||
| mTOR cKO | ↓ exploration time of odors |