Rearrangement of the dendritic morphology in limbic regions and altered exploratory behavior in a rat model of autism spectrum disorder

Neuroscience

Volumn 241, Issue , 2013, Pages 170-187

  Bringas, M E ^a   Carvajal Flores, F N ^a   Lopez Ramirez T A ^c   Atzori, M ^b,d   Flores, G ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; Hippocampus; Nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal cortex; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LIMBIC CORTEX; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ANIMALS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84876704595     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.03.030     Document Type: Article

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