Neuroimaging Evidence of Major Morpho-Anatomical and Functional Abnormalities in the BTBR T+TF/J Mouse Model of Autism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Dodero, Luca ^a   Damiano, Mario ^a   Galbusera, Alberto ^a   Bifone, Angelo ^a   Tsaftsaris, Sotirios A ^b,c   Scattoni, Maria Luisa ^d   Gozzi, Alessandro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b IMT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^c Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ^*  (United States)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAY MATTER; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSULA; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84885761119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076655     Document Type: Article

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