Maternal immune activation yields offspring displaying mouse versions of the three core symptoms of autism

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 607-616

  Malkova, Natalia V ^a   Yu, Collin Z ^a   Hsiao, Elaine Y ^a   Moore, Marlyn J ^a   Patterson, Paul H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Neurodevelopmental disorder; Olfactory communication; Social preference; Speech disorder

Indexed keywords

POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GROOMING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND; URINE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84858740384     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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