Neuroimaging endophenotypes in animal models of autism spectrum disorders: Lost or found in translation?

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1167-1189

  Petrinovic, Marija M ^a   Künnecke, Basil ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal models; Autism; CNV; Endophenotypes; MRI; MRS; Serotonin; Synaptic cell adhesion molecules; Syndromic ASD; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; BETA3 INTEGRIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEUROLIGIN;

AUTISM; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRAIN SIZE; BTBR MOUSE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ENDOPHENOTYPE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAY MATTER; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; INTEGRIN BETA 3 GENE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT MODEL; SNAHK3 GENE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOPHENOTYPES; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84896712956     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3200-z     Document Type: Review

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