Lithium ameliorates autistic-like behaviors induced by neonatal isolation in rats

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Xiaoyan ^a   Bai, Yanrui ^a   Tan, Tao ^a   Li, Hongjie ^a   Xia, Shuting ^b   Chang, Xinxia ^b   Zhou, Zikai ^b   Zhou, Weihui ^a   Li, Tingyu ^a   Wang, Yu Tian ^a,c   Dong, Zhifang ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Neonatal isolation; Neurogenesis; Social deficit; Spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic current

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG MECHANISM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84903457535     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00234     Document Type: Article

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