Acetylcholine Elevation Relieves Cognitive Rigidity and Social Deficiency in a Mouse Model of Autism

The BTBR Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorders Has Learning and Attentional Impairments and Alterations in Acetylcholine and Kynurenic Acid in Prefrontal Cortex

(2013) Stephanie M. McTighe et al.   PLoS One

Systematic autistic-like behavioral phenotyping of 4 mouse strains using a novel wheel-running assay

(2012) Golan Karvat et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Caudate nucleus and social cognition: Neuropsychological and SPECT evidence from a patient with focal caudate lesion

(2012) Jennifer Kemp et al.   CORTEX

Neuroanatomical analysis of the BTBR mouse model of autism using magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging

(2012) Jacob Ellegood et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Negative Allosteric Modulation of the mGluR5 Receptor Reduces Repetitive Behaviors and Rescues Social Deficits in Mouse Models of Autism

(2012) J. L. Silverman et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Genetic and Functional Analyses of SHANK2 Mutations Suggest a Multiple Hit Model of Autism Spectrum Disorders

(2012) Claire S. Leblond et al.   PLoS Genetics

Clinically relevant single gene or intragenic deletions encompassing critical neurodevelopmental genes in patients with developmental delay, mental retardation, and/or autism spectrum disorders

(2011) Fady M. Mikhail et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A

Genetic Heritability and Shared Environmental Factors Among Twin Pairs With Autism

(2011) Joachim Hallmayer   ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

Prefrontal nicotinic receptors control novel social interaction between mice

(2011) Maria Elena Avale et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Safety and Efficacy of Donepezil in Children and Adolescents with Autism: Neuropsychological Measures

(2011) Benjamin L. Handen et al.   JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

An Open Label Trial of Donepezil for Enhancement of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

(2011) Ashura Williams Buckley et al.   JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunction

(2011) Ofer Yizhar et al.   NATURE

Spontaneous firing and evoked pauses in the tonically active cholinergic interneurons of the striatum

(2011) J.A. Goldberg et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Chlorination byproducts induce gender specific autistic-like behaviors in CD-1 mice

(2011) Sara Rose Guariglia et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY

Cholinergic Abnormalities in Autism

(2010) Stephen I. Deutsch et al.   CLINICAL NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Psychopharmacology in autism: An update

(2010) Roberto Canitano et al.   PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Scopolamine-induced deficits in social memory in mice: Reversal by donepezil

(2009) G. Riedel et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Cholinergic filtering in the recurrent excitatory microcircuit of cortical layer 4

(2009) Emmanuel Eggermann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The cognitive functions of the caudate nucleus

(2008) Jessica A. Grahn et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Differential involvement of M1-type and M4-type muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the dorsomedial striatum in task switching

(2007) Martha F. McCool et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY