Maternal immune activation and strain specific interactions in the development of autism-like behaviors in mice

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Schwartzer, J J ^a,b   Careaga, M ^b   Onore, C E ^b   Rushakoff, J A ^b   Berman, R F ^a,b   Ashwood, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; BTBR; Gene environment; Maternal immune activation; Mouse; PolyI:C

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROOMING; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION; ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DISEASE MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE STRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; IMMUNOASSAY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; POLY I-C; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

EID: 84875139890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.16     Document Type: Article

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