Comprehensive Analysis of Ultrasonic Vocalizations in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome Reveals Limited, Call Type Specific Deficits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Roy, Snigdha ^a   Watkins, Nick ^b   Heck, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALL CLASSIFICATION; CALL DURATION; CALL TYPE SPECIFIC DEFICIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION 1 GENE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PUP (RODENT); SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; SPEECH DISORDER; ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION; VOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOCORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

MUS;

EID: 84866282797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044816     Document Type: Article

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