Altered expression levels of neurodevelopmental proteins in fetal brains of BTBR T+tf/J Mice with autism-like behavioral characteristics

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 516-523

  Hwang, So Ryeon ^a   Kim, Chang Yul ^a   Shin, Kyung Min ^a   Jo, Ji Hoon ^a   Kim, Hyoung Ah ^b   Heo, Yong ^a  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN PROTEIN; FETOPROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; AUTOANTIBODY; MBP PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EMBRYOLOGY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GLIA; IMMUNOLOGY; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM-FREE LIFE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAST CELLS; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84927651176     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2015.1010466     Document Type: Article

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