Reduced sulfate plasma concentrations in the BTBR T+tf/J mouse model of autism

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 663-665

  Corley, Michael J ^a   Meyza, Ksenia Z ^a   Blanchard, D Caroline ^a   Blanchard, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Autism spectrum disorders; BTBR; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SULFATES;

EID: 84870674180     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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