Genetically inbred Balb/c mice differ from outbred Swiss Webster mice on discrete measures of sociability: Relevance to a genetic mouse model of autism spectrum disorders

Autism Research

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 393-400

  Jacome, Luis F ^a   Burket, Jessica A ^a   Herndon, Amy L ^a   Deutsch, Stephen I ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Balb c mouse strain; Sociability

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWISS WEBSTER MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OBSERVER VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 83355175807     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.218     Document Type: Article

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