title: A behavioral evaluation of sex differences in a mouse model of severe neuronal migration disorder.
abstract: Disruption of neuronal migration in humans is associated with a wide range of behavioral and cognitive outcomes including severe intellectual disability, language impairment, and social dysfunction. Furthermore, malformations of cortical development have been observed in a number of neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. autism and dyslexia), where boys are much more commonly diagnosed than girls (estimates around 4 to 1). The use of rodent models provides an excellent means to examine how sex may modulate behavioral outcomes in the presence of comparable abnormal neuroanatomical presentations. Initially characterized by Rosen et al. 2012, the BXD29- Tlr4(lps-2J) /J mouse mutant exhibits a highly penetrant neuroanatomical phenotype that consists of bilateral midline subcortical nodular heterotopia with partial callosal agenesis. In the current study, we confirm our initial findings of a severe impairment in rapid auditory processing in affected male mice. We also report that BXD29- Tlr4(lps-2J) /J (mutant) female mice show no sparing of rapid auditory processing, and in fact show deficits similar to mutant males. Interestingly, female BXD29- Tlr4(lps-2J) /J mice do display superiority in Morris water maze performance as compared to wild type females, an affect not seen in mutant males. Finally, we report new evidence that BXD29- Tlr4(lps-2J) /J mice, in general, show evidence of hyper-social behaviors. In closing, the use of the BXD29- Tlr4(lps-2J) /J strain of mice - with its strong behavioral and neuroanatomical phenotype - may be highly useful in characterizing sex independent versus dependent mechanisms that interact with neural reorganization, as well as clinically relevant abnormal behavior resulting from aberrant neuronal migration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology/Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America.
authors.forename: Dongnhu T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Truong
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonet
authors.forename: Amanda R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rendall
authors.forename: Glenn D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Roslyn H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Fitch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D056228:Feedback, Sensory; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D054081:Malformations of Cortical Development, Group II / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D018782:Maze Learning; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009421:Nervous System Malformations / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior
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