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Impairments in motor coordination without major changes in cerebellar plasticity

Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder arising from the presence of a third copy of human chromosome 21 (Hsa21). Recently, o'doherty et al. [An...

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    [title] => Impairments in motor coordination without major changes in cerebellar plasticity
    [paragraph] => Impairments in motor coordination without major changes in cerebellar plasticity in the Tc1 mouse model of Down syndrome.
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Authors
M. Galante, H. Jani, L. Vanes, H. Daniel, E. M.C. Fisher et al.

 Lab
Laboratoire de Pharmacologie de la Synapse, CNRS UMR 8619, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France; Division of Neurophysiology and Division of Immune Cell Biology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK.
Journal
Human Molecular Genetics
Abstract
Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder arising from the presence of a third copy of human chromosome 21 (Hsa21). Recently, o'doherty et al. [An aneuploid mouse strain carrying human chromosome 21 with Down syndrome phenotypes. Science 309 (2005) 2033–2037] generated a trans-species aneuploid mouse line (Tc1) that carries an almost complete Hsa21. The Tc1 mouse is the most complete animal model for DS currently available. Tc1 mice show many features that relate to human DS, including alterations in memory, synaptic plasticity, cerebellar neuronal number, heart development and mandible size. Because motor deficits are one of the most frequently occurring features of DS, we have undertaken a detailed analysis of motor behaviour in cerebellum-dependent learning tasks that require high motor coordination and balance. In addition, basic electrophysiological properties of cerebellar circuitry and synaptic plasticity have been investigated. Our results reveal that, compared with controls, Tc1 mice exhibit a higher spontaneous locomotor activity, a reduced ability to habituate to their environments, a different gait and major deficits on several measures of motor coordination and balance in the rota rod and static rod tests. Moreover, cerebellar long-term depression is essentially normal in Tc1 mice, with only a slight difference in time course. Our observations provide further evidence that support the validity of the Tc1 mouse as a model for DS, which will help us to provide insights into the causal factors responsible for motor deficits observed in persons with DS.
BIOSEB Instruments Used
Aron Test or Four Plates Test (LE830),Rotarod (BX-ROD)

Keywords/Topics
Phenotyping; Cross-disciplinary subjects 
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