Disruption of visual circuit formation and refinement in a mouse model of autism

Autism Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 212-223

  Cheng, Ning ^a   Khanbabaei, Maryam ^a   Murari, Kartikeya ^b   Rho, Jong M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; brain circuit; BTBR mouse; eye specific segregation; lateral geniculate nucleus; synaptic patterning; visual system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AXONAL REFINEMENT; BTBR MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONNECTOME; CONTRALATERAL AFFERENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IPSILATERAL AFFERENT; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPTIC PATTERNING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION; VISUAL CIRCUIT FORMATION DISRUPTION; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISEASE MODEL; GENICULATE BODY; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; OPTIC TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OPTIC TRACT;

EID: 84981730285     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1687     Document Type: Article

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