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ArticleTranslational psychiatry2019

Spaced training improves learning in Ts65Dn and Ube3a mouse models of intellectual disabilities.

J C Lauterborn, M N Schultz, A A Le, M Amani, A E Friedman, P T Leach, C M Gall, G S Lynch, J N Crawley

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Article in Translational psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

J C LauterbornDepartment of Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
M N SchultzMIND Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
A A LeDepartment of Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
M AmaniDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
A E FriedmanMIND Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
P T LeachMIND Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
C M GallDepartment of Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
G S LynchDepartment of Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
J N CrawleyMIND Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. crawley@ucdavis.edu.
University of California, Irvine · USUniversity of California, Davis · USBiogen (United States) · US

Funding

Research Project: Pathologic Significance of Maternal AutoantibodiesP50HD103526 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI JUDY A. VAN DE WATER · 2020 to 2026
$9.7M
Rodent Behavior CoreU54HD079125 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI HAGERMAN, RANDI J. · 2013 to 2019
$8.5M
Convergent Synaptic Mechanisms in Neurodevelopmental DisordersR01NS085709 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI CRAWLEY, JACQUELINE N, GALL, CHRISTINE M · 2013 to 2017
$2.8M
Training Program in Learning and MemoryT32MH119049 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI BRUCE L MCNAUGHTON, Manuella Yassa · 2019 to 2026
$1.4M
Synaptic Actin Regulatory Proteins in Down SyndromeR21HD079823 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI LAUTERBORN, JULIE C · 2015 to 2016
$423k
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103526NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD079125NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH119049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Benefits of distributed learning strategies have been extensively described in the human literature, but minimally investigated in intellectual disability syndromes. We tested the hypothesis that training trials spaced apart in time could improve learning in two distinct genetic mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by intellectual impairments. As compared to training with massed trials, spaced training significantly improved learning in both the Ts65Dn trisomy mouse model of Down syndrome and the maternally inherited Ube3a mutant mouse model of Angelman syndrome. Spacing the training trials at 1 h intervals accelerated acquisition of three cognitive tasks by Ts65Dn mice: (1) object location memory, (2) novel object recognition, (3) water maze spatial learning. Further, (4) spaced training improved water maze spatial learning by Ube3a mice. In contrast, (5) cerebellar-mediated rotarod motor learning was not improved by spaced training. Corroborations in three assays, conducted in two model systems, replicated within and across two laboratories, confirm the strength of the findings. Our results indicate strong translational relevance of a behavioral intervention strategy for improving the standard of care in treating the learning difficulties that are characteristic and clinically intractable features of many neurodevelopmental disorders.

Indexed as

Cognitive RemediationPractice, PsychologicalAngelman SyndromeAnimalsBehavior, AnimalDisease Models, AnimalDown SyndromeFemaleIntellectual DisabilityMaleMiceMice, KnockoutRecognition, PsychologySpatial LearningSpatial MemoryTrisomyUbe3a protein, mouseUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

Identifiers

PMID31182707
PMCPMC6557858
OpenAlexW2950175117

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