Are Sema5a mutant mice a good model of autism? A behavioral analysis of sensory systems, emotionality and cognition

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 142-150

  Gunn, Rhian K ^a   Huentelman, Matthew J ^b   Brown, Richard E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Semaphorin 5A, Autism, Mouse, Cognition, Anxiety

Indexed keywords

SEMAPHORIN; SEMAPHORIN 5A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE MODEL; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAROD TEST; SENSORY GATING; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRETCHING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DARK ADAPTATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSORY GATING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960858895     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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