Low stress reactivity and neuroendocrine factors in the BTBR T+tf/J mouse model of autism

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1197-1208

  Silverman, J L ^a   Yang, M ^a   Turner, S M ^a   Katz, A M ^a   Bell, D B ^b   Koenig, J I ^b   Crawley, J N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; BTBR; Mouse models

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; BTBR MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIALIZATION; TAIL FLICK TEST; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEVER; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OXYTOCIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650176892     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.09.059     Document Type: Article

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