The BTBR mouse model of idiopathic autism – Current view on mechanisms

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 76, Issue , 2017, Pages 99-110

  Meyza, K Z ^a   Blanchard, D C ^b  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

BTBR; Molecular mechanisms; Neuroanatomy; Pharmacological manipulations; Repetitive behavior; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

STRESS HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUTISM; AXON GUIDANCE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; MOUSE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85012283304     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.12.037     Document Type: Review

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