Autism-Related Neuroligin-3 Mutation Alters Social Behavior and Spatial Learning

Autism Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 264-272

  Jaramillo, Thomas C ^a   Liu, Shunan ^a   Pettersen, Ami ^b   Birnbaum, Shari G ^b   Powell, Craig M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Autism; Behavioral analysis of animal models; Intellectual disability; Neuroligin

Indexed keywords

NEUROLIGIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROLIGIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTASIS; EXPERIMENTAL HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TARGETING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEUROLIGIN 3 GENE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL LEARNING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, GENETIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL LEARNING;

EID: 84898917488     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1362     Document Type: Article

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