Reduced Glutamate Release in Adult BTBR Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3129-3137

  Wei, Hongen ^a   Ma, Yuehong ^a   Ding, Caiyun ^a   Jin, Guorong ^a   Liu, Jianrong ^a   Chang, Qiaoqiao ^a   Hu, Fengyun ^a   Yu, Li ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; BTBR; Glutamate release; Glutamatergic synapse; Sociability

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; SYNTAXIN 1A;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; GROOMING; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84982242298     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-016-2035-5     Document Type: Article

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