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Table 2 Brain volume differences relative to control wildtype littermates

From: Distinct, dosage-sensitive requirements for the autism-associated factor CHD8 during cortical development

Brain area

Chd8 genotype

+/− (%)

neo/neo (%)

Brain volume

2.73

4.53**

Cortex

3.82−

5.53**

Cerebellum

3.41

6.99**

Hippocampus

5.97−

5.84**

Primary motor cortex

3.68−

6.68**

Primary somatosensory cortex

3.7−

5.62**

Primary auditory cortex

3.2

6.23**

Primary visual cortex

3.39

7.15**

Frontal cortex

3.99−

5.21**

Frontal association cortex

4.81−

6.07**

Entorhinal cortex

4.83−

7.05**

Cingulate cortex

4.57−

4.84**

Amygdala

3.82

4.64*

  1. −FDR < 0.15; *FDR < 0.05; **FDR < 0.01. MRI data from Chd8+/− and littermate control mice used for comparison are from Suetterlin et al. [18]