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Table 1 Fragile X mouse synaptic plasticity phenotypes

From: Fragile X mental retardation protein and synaptic plasticity

Category

Region

Fragile X Mouse Phenotype

Age

References

mGluR LTD

hippocampus

enhanced

P25-30

Huber et al., 2002; Hou et al., 2006; Bhattacharya et al., 2012; Michalon et al., 2012

mGluR LTD

hippocampus

does not require new protein synthesis

4-12 wk

Nosyreva and Huber, 2006; Hou, et al., 2006; Zang et al., 2009**

mGluR LTD

hippocampus

* enhanced and not PS-dependent

P35-42

Iliff et al., 2012

mGluR LTD

cerebellum

enhanced

3-7 wk

Koekkoek et al., 2005

mGluR LTD

hippocampus

enhanced and does not require new protein synthesis

3-7 wk

Volk et al., J Neurosci, 2007

LTP

hippocampus

NONE

20-26 wk; 8-10 wk; 3-12 month

Godfraind et al., 1996; Li et al., 2002; Larson et al., 2005

L-LTP

hippocampus

NONE

5-7 wk; 2-4 month

Paradee et al., 1999; Zhang et al., J 2009

LTP

hippocampus

deficient

2 wk; 6-8 wk

Hu et al., 2008; Shang et al., 2009

LTP

hippocampus

deficient with weak stimulus; normal with strong stimulus

2-3 month

Lauterborn et al., 2007

LTP

hippocampus

enhanced B-adrenergic-facilitated heterosynaptic LTP (PS-dependent)

3-4 month

Connor et al., 2011

LTP priming

hippocampus

does not require new protein synthesis (mGluR-dependent)

6-10 wk

Auerbach and Bear, 2010

LTP

anterior cingulate ctx

deficient

6-8 wk

Zhao et al., 2005; Xu et al., 2012

LTP

anterior cingulate ctx

impaired facilitation of LTP by 5-HT2AR agonist

6-8 wk

Xu et al., 2012

LTP

somatosensory, temporal ctx

deficient

8-10 wk; 3 month

Li et al., 2002; Hayashi et al., 2007

LTP

somatosensory ctx

delayed window for plasticity

P3-10

Harlow et al., 2010

LTP

visual ctx

deficient (mGluR-dependent)

P13-25

Wilson and Cox, 2007

LTP

anterior piriform ctx

deficient in aged mice; normal in 3-6 mo mice

6-18 month

Larson et al., 2005

LTP

amygdala

impaired (mGluR-dependent)

6-8 wk; 3.5-6 mo

Zhao et al., 2005; Suvrathan et al., 2010

STD-LTP

somatosensory ctx

deficient with weak stimulus

P10-18

Desai et al., 2006

STD-LTP

prefrontal ctx

deficient with weak stimulus; normal with strong stimulus

P14-23

Meredith et al., 2007

homeostasis

hippocampus

deficient translation-dependent scaling

P6-7 slice culture

Soden and Chen, 2010

homeostasis

hippocampus

normal transcription-dependent scaling

P6-7 slice culture

Soden and Chen, 2010

experience-dependent

visual ctx (in vivo)

altered ocular dominance plasticity

LTD

Dolen et al., 2007

experience-dependent

somatosensory ctx

deficient experience-dependent plasticity (induced by whisker trimming)

LTD

Bureau et al., 2008

  1. LEGEND: Fragile X mouse models have multiple altered forms of synaptic plasticity across multiple brain regions. The majority of phenotypes were assessed in the Fmr1 KO mouse which lacks FMRP. *Assessed using a CGG knock-in mouse which models FX premutation. **Assessed using an FMRP point mutant mouse with disrupted FMRP-mRNA binding.