Prenatal Exposure to Autism-Specific Maternal Autoantibodies Alters Proliferation of Cortical Neural Precursor Cells, Enlarges Brain, and Increases Neuronal Size in Adult Animals

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 374-383

  Martínez Cerdeño, Verónica ^a,b,c   Camacho, Jasmin ^a,c   Fox, Elizabeth ^a,b   Miller, Elaine ^a,c   Ariza, Jeanelle ^a,c   Kienzle, Devon ^a,c   Plank, Kaela ^a,c   Noctor, Stephen C ^a,b   Van De Water, Judy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; brain size; maternal autoantibody; neurogenesis; radial glial cells

Indexed keywords

AUTISM SPECIFIC MATERNAL AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NERVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MACROGLIA; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOANTIBODIES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; MICE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84957441636     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu291     Document Type: Article

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