Temporal lobe epilepsy and social behavior: An animal model for autism?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-46

  Marin, Joao Carlos M ^a   Moura, Paula J ^b   Cysneiros, Roberta M ^b   Colugnati, Diego B ^b   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^b   Scorza, Fulvio A ^b   Xavier, Gilberto F ^b   Zilbovicius, Monica ^c   Mercadante, Marcos T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Autism animal model; Pilocarpine; Social behavior; Social discrimination paradigm; Social memory; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 46549085445     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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