The human model: Changing focus on autism research

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 642-649

  Muotri, Alysson Renato ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Brain; Drug screening; Human induced pluripotent stem cells; Human neurons; Human specific disease modeling

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; NEUROLIGIN; NEW DRUG; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 6; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CACNA1C GENE; COGNITION; DRUG SCREENING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOOTH PULP; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84961120508     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.03.012     Document Type: Review

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