Altered morphology of motor cortex neurons in the VPA rat model of autism

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 633-639

  Snow, Wanda M ^a   Hartle, Kelly ^a   Ivanco, Tammy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal model; Dendrites; Frontal cortex; Long evans rats; Motor cortex; Plasticity (rodent; plasticity; motor; embryonic early experience; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 56849095954     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20337     Document Type: Article

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