GABRB3 Gene Deficient Mice: A Potential Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2005, Pages 359-382

  DeLorey, Timothy M ^a  

^a MOLECULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUTISM; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, GABA-B;

EID: 33645215798     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(05)71015-1     Document Type: Review

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