Ultrasonic vocalizations in mouse models for speech and socio-cognitive disorders: Insights into the evolution of vocal communication

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-27

  Fischer, J ^a,b   Hammerschmidt, K ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism; Communication; Evolution; FOXP2; Mice; Neuroligin; Speech; Ultrasound; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

NEUROLIGIN; NEUROLIGIN 3; NEUROLIGIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEATH; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTROSPECTION; KNOCKOUT GENE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOM; ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; MICE; PRIMATES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SPEECH DISORDERS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

MUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 78751685886     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00610.x     Document Type: Review

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