Sensory and motor characterization in the postnatal valproate rat model of autism

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 258-267

  Reynolds, Stacey ^a   Millette, Alexandre ^b   Devine, Darragh P ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Departments of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Sensory and motor performance; Valproate rat model

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEARING; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY GATING; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; STARTLE REFLEX; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GABA AGENTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REACTION; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84866299086     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336646     Document Type: Article

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