Behavioral alterations in rats prenatally to valproic acid: Animal model of autism

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-89

  Schneider, Tomasz ^a,b   Przewłocki, Ryszard ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavior; Rats; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

TERATOGENIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PLAY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; SWIMMING; TOUCH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ENDORPHINS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SMELL; STARTLE REACTION; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TOUCH; VALPROIC ACID; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 11144259318     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300518     Document Type: Article

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