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Novel mouse model for future autism research / Fadi Daoud ; Abeer Farwy ; Alondra Azar

Publication year: 2020

ISBN: Ph00106

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a set of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by a deficit in social behaviors and nonverbal interactions such as reduced eye contact, facial expression, and body gestures in the first 3 years of life. It is not a single disorder, and it is broadly considered to be a multi-factorial disorder resulting from genetic and non-genetic risk factors and their interaction. Genetic studies of ASD have identified mutations that interfere with typical neurodevelopment in utero through childhood. These complexes of genes have been involved in synaptogenesis and axon motility. Recent developments in neuroimaging studies have provided many important insights into the pathological changes that occur in the brain of patients with ASD in vivo. Especially, the role of amygdala, a major component of the limbic system and the affective loop of the cortico-striatothalamo-cortical circuit, in cognition and ASD has been proved in numerous neuropathological and neuroimaging studies.


Subject: Autism, Autistic Disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, ADDH, ADHD, Autistic, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Human behaviour, Models, Animal