Targeting glia with N-Acetylcysteine modulates brain glutamate and behaviors relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders in C57Bl/6J mice

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue DEC, 2015, Pages

  Durieux, Alice M S ^a   Fernandes, Cathy ^a   Murphy, Declan ^a   Labouesse, Marie Anais ^b   Giovanoli, Sandra ^b,c   Meyer, Urs ^b,c   Li, Qi ^d   So, Po Wah ^a   McAlonan, Grainne ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Glutamate; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; N acetylcysteine; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG TARGETING; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 84957606739     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00343     Document Type: Article

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