High resolution magnetic resonance imaging for characterization of the Neuroligin-3 knock-in mouse model associated with autism spectrum disorder

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Kumar, Manoj ^a   Duda, Jeffery T ^a   Hwang, Wei Ting ^b   Kenworthy, Charles ^c   Ittyerah, Ranjit ^a   Pickup, Stephen ^a   Brodkin, Edward S ^b   Gee, James C ^a   Abel, Ted ^b   Poptani, Harish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GRAY MATTER; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; NL 3 GENE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WHITE MATTER; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

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

ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 84907731361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109872     Document Type: Article

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