Minimal aberrant behavioral phenotypes of neuroligin-3 R451C knockin mice

Autism Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-158

  Chadman, Kathryn K ^a   Gong, Shiaoching ^b,c   Scattoni, Maria L ^a,d   Boltuck, Sarah E ^a   Gandhy, Shruti U ^a   Heintz, Nathaniel ^b,c   Crawley, Jacqueline N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavior phenotyping; Mouse model; Neuroligin; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROLIGIN 3;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 64849084164     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.22     Document Type: Article

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