Glutamate dysfunction associated with developmental cerebellar damage: Relevance to autism spectrum disorders

Cerebellum

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 346-353

  McKimm, Eric ^a   Corkill, Beau ^a   Goldowitz, Dan ^b   Albritton, Lorraine M ^c   Homayouni, Ramin ^a   Blaha, Charles D ^a   Mittleman, Guy ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cerebellum; Dopamine; Fmr1 mice; Glutamate

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CELL LOSS; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROSECRETION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RETICULOTEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; BRAIN DISEASES; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PURKINJE CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84904631184     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-013-0541-4     Document Type: Article

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