Meningeal/vascular alterations and loss of extracellular matrix in the neurogenic zone of adult BTBR T+ tf/J mice, animal model for autism

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 498, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 173-178

  Mercier, Frederic ^a   Cho Kwon, Youngsu ^a   Kodama, Rich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult brain; Artery; Autism spectrum disorders; Basement membranes; Choroids plexus; Extracellular matrix; Laminin; Meninges; Neural stem cell niche; Neurogenesis; Subventricular zone

Indexed keywords

LAMININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTISM; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MENINX; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHOROID PLEXUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; LAMININ; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; MENINGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NEUROGENESIS; PROSENCEPHALON;

EID: 79959290363     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.05.014     Document Type: Note

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