Cognitive and social functions and growth factors in a mouse model of Rett syndrome

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-263

  Schaevitz, Laura R ^a   Moriuchi, Jennifer M ^a   Nag, Nupur ^a,c   Mellot, Tiffany J ^b   Berger Sweeney, Joanne ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Autism; BDNF; IGF 1; NGF; Object recognition; Social approach; Social novelty

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RETT SYNDROME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETT SYNDROME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77952291678     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.12.025     Document Type: Article

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