Multiple autism-like behaviors in a novel transgenic mouse model

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-41

  Hamilton, Shannon M ^a   Spencer, Corinne M ^a   Harrison, Wilbur R ^a   Yuva Paylor, Lisa A ^a   Graham, Deanna F ^a   Daza, Ray A M ^b   Hevner, Robert F ^b,c   Overbeek, Paul A ^a   Paylor, Richard ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Gene expression; Mouse model; Social behavior; Ultrasonic vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FAM46 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; JUVENILE; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOPATHY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOCALIZATION; X CHROMOSOME;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SENSORY GATING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 78649794401     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.11.026     Document Type: Article

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