Sociability Deficits and Altered Amygdala Circuits in Mice Lacking Pcdh10, an Autism Associated Gene

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 193-202

  Schoch, Hannah ^a   Kreibich, Arati S ^a   Ferri, Sarah L ^b   White, Rachel S ^a   Bohorquez, Dominique ^a   Banerjee, Anamika ^a   Port, Russell G ^a   Dow, Holly C ^a   Cordero, Lucero ^a   Pallathra, Ashley A ^a   Kim, Hyong ^a   Li, Hongzhe ^a   Bilker, Warren B ^a   Hirano, Shinji ^d   Schultz, Robert T ^a,c   Borgmann Winter, Karin ^a,c   Hahn, Chang Gyu ^a   Feldmeyer, Dirk ^e,f   Carlson, Gregory C ^a   Abel, Ted ^b   Brodkin, Edward S ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; Gene; NMDA; Protocadherin; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; CADHERIN; GPRIN1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; N-METHYL D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR SUBTYPE 2A; NERVE PROTEIN; PCDH10 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LATERAL AMYGDALA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PCDH10 GENE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DISABILITY; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; GENETICS; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; METABOLISM; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CADHERINS; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POST-SYNAPTIC DENSITY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84994461734     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.06.008     Document Type: Article

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