Longitudinal in-vivo diffusion tensor imaging for assessing brain developmental changes in BALB/cJ mice, a model of reduced sociability relevant to autism

Brain Research

Volumn 1455, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-67

  Kumar, Manoj ^a   Kim, Sungheon ^b   Pickup, Stephen ^a   Chen, Rong ^a   Fairless, Andrew H ^c   Ittyerah, Ranjit ^a   Abel, Ted ^a   Brodkin, Edward S ^c   Poptani, Harish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Mean diffusivity; Mouse models; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL APPROACH TEST; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOPATHY; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

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EID: 84860367629     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.03.041     Document Type: Article

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