Animal models of autism with a particular focus on the neural basis of changes in social behaviour: An update article

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 184-194

  Olexová, Lucia ^a   Talarovičová, AlŽbeta ^b   Lewis Evans, Ben ^b   Borbélyová, Veronika ^a   Kršková, Lucia ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal models; Autism; Behaviour; Brain damage; Social deficit

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR B3; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ANDROGEN; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR 1A; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROLIGIN; NEUROLIGIN 3; NEUROLIGIN 4; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; REELIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TUBERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BINDING SITE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EXPOSURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECOGNITION; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84871932163     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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