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. 2021 Apr 29;19(5):641–664. doi: 10.2174/1570159X18666200814175114

Table 2. Recent studies using behavioral paradigms that measure negative symptoms of schizophrenia in rodent models.

Paradigm Animal Model Experimental Manipulation Results References
Forced swim test Developmental LPS-treated NMRI mouse offspring ↑ increased immobility [97]
Genetic En2 null mutant mice ↑ increased immobility [98]
EPRAP KO mice ↑ increased immobility [100]
NCS-1 KO mice ↑ increased immobility [105]
NT KO mice ↑ increased immobility [104]
Heterozygous reeler mice + corticosterone ↑ increased immobility [99]
GRIA1 KO mice ↓ decreased immobility [106]
ALK KO homozygous mice ↓ decreased immobility [103]
GCLM KO mice ↓ decreased immobility [101]
DBA/2J mice ↓ decreased immobility [102]
PTPRG KO mice ↓ decreased immobility [107]
Grin1(Rgsc174)/Grin1+ mice NE [108]
Pharmacological Chronic administration of ketamine in mice ↑ increased immobility [109]
Subchronic treatment with ketamine in mice ↑ increased immobility [110]
13-day treatment with MK-801 in mice ↑ increased immobility [112]
15-day treatment with MK-801 in mice ↑ increased immobility [111]
PCP treatment in mice ↑ increased immobility [113]
Tail suspension test Developmental LPS-treated NMRI mouse offspring ↑ increased immobility [97]
Prenatal LPS-exposed mice ↑ increased immobility [122]
Genetic SREBP1c KO mice ↑ increased immobility [47]
Forebrain-specific NCAM-deficient mice ↑ increased immobility [123]
Male MB-COMT deficient mice ↑ increased immobility [124]
NCS-1 KO mice ↑ increased immobility [105]
NT KO mice ↑ increased immobility [104]
GRIA1 KO mice ↓ decreased immobility [106]
DBA/2J mice ↓ decreased immobility [102]
Grin1(Rgsc174)/Grin1+ mice NE [108]
Pharmacological Subchronic treatment with ketamine in mice ↑ increased immobility [110]
Chronic administration of ketamine in mice NE [119]
Subchronic PCP administration in mice NE [125]
Sucrose preference test Developmental Viral mimic Poly(I:C)-induced MIA mouse offspring ↓ decreased preference [129]
Perinatal L-Dopa treatment in male juvenile mice ↓ decreased preference [46]
Genetic CD2 KO mice ↓ decreased preference [130]
G72/G30 Tg mice ↓ decreased preference [131]
Grin1(ΔPV) mice + MK-801 ↓ decreased preference [132]
Grik4 KO mice ↑ increased preference [133]
Ahi1 +/- KO mice + chronic unpredictable stress NE [134]
GluA1 KO mice NE [135]
NRG1 mutant mice + stress NE [136]
Pharmacological JNJ chronic administration in mice ↓ decreased preference [137]
Three-chamber sociality test Genetic Brain-specific CRMP 2 knockout (cKO) mice ↓ decreased social interaction [52]
Pcm1+/− mice ↓ decreased social interaction [140]
SREBP1c KO mice ↓ decreased social interaction [47]
CPB-K mice ↓ decreased social interaction [141]
Glu-CB1(-/-) female mice ↓ decreased social interaction [142]
Reelin deficiency + corticosterone in male mice ↓ decreased social interaction [71]
Sarm1 knockdown mice ↓ decreased social interaction [143]
V1aR KO mice ↓ decreased social interaction [144]
Type III NRG1+/- male mice from mutant fathers ↑ increased social interaction [58]
Selective knockdown of PLC-β1 in mPFC of male mice NE [59]
NRG1 mutant mice NE [146]
Pharmacological Ketamine treatment in mice ↓ decreased social interaction [145]
PCP treatment in mice ↓ decreased social interaction [113]
Administration of Catha edulis forsk extract ↓ decreased social interaction [60]
Elevated plus maze Genetic Nlgn2 R215H knock-in homozygous mice ↑ increased anxiety-like behavior [73]
Heterozygous Ank3 KO mice ↑ increased anxiety-like behavior [152]
Female DISC1(D453G) mice ↑ increased anxiety-like behavior [153]
Kynurenine 3-monooxygenase-deficient mice ↑ increased anxiety-like behavior [154]
NAc-TMEM mice ↑ increased anxiety-like behavior [80]
FFAR1-/- female mice ↓ decreased anxiety-like behavior [155]
Forebrain knockout of DNMT1 in mice ↓ decreased anxiety-like behavior [156]
CRMP2 deficient mice ↓ decreased anxiety-like behavior [157]
Mutant DISC1 male mice NE [158]
Pcm1(+/-) mice NE [140]
Type III NRG1+/- male mice from mutant fathers NE [58]

Abbreviations: Ahi1 = Abelson helper integration site 1; ALK = anaplastic lymphoma kinase; Ank3 = ankyrin 3; CD2 = cyclin-D2; CRMP2 = collapsin response mediator protein 2; DISC1 = disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1; DNMT1, DNA methyltransferase 1; En2 = engrailed-2; EPRAP = EP4 receptor-associated protein; FFAR1 = free fatty acid receptor 1; GCLM = glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier; GLAST = glial glutamate and aspartate transporter; GluA1 = glutamate A1; Glu-CB1 = cannabinoid receptor type 1 in glutamergic neurons; GRIA1 = glutamate ionotropic receptor AMPA type subunit 1; Grik4 = glutamate receptor, ionotropic, kainate 4; Grin1 = glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 1; JNJ = JNJ-28871063; KO = knockout; L-dopa = levodopa; LPS = lipopolysaccharide; MB-COMT = membrane-bound catechol-O-methyltransferase; MIA = maternal immune activation; mPFC = medial prefrontal cortex; NAc-TMEM mice = Tmem168 vector injected into the NAc of C57BL/6J mice; NCAM = neural cell adhesion molecule; NCS-1 = neuronal calcium sensor; Nlgn2 R215H = missense mutation R215H of neuroligin 2; NMRI = Naval Medical Research Institute; NRG1 = neuregulin-1; NT = neurotensin; Pcm1 = pericentriolar material 1; PCP = phencyclidine; PLC-β1 = phospholipase C-β1; poly(I:C) = polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid; PTPRG = receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase gamma; SARM1 = sterile alpha and TIR motif-containing 1; SREBP1c = sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c; Tg = transgenic; V1AR = vasopressin receptor 1A; NE = no effect.