The amygdala and autism: Implications from non-human primate studies

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 295-302

  Amaral, David G ^a,b,c,d   Bauman, M D ^a,b,c   Schumann, C Mills ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid complex; Anxiety; Lesion; Rhesus monkey; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; AUTISM; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEAR; MACACA; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN MAPPING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES; SERPENTES;

EID: 0242322730     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-183X.2003.00043.x     Document Type: Review

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