Assessing behavioural and cognitive domains of autism spectrum disorders in rodents: current status and future perspectives

Ethotransmission: communication of emotional states through ultrasonic vocalization in rats

(2013) Stefan M Brudzynski   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Male-specific alteration in excitatory post-synaptic development and social interaction in pre-natal valproic acid exposure model of autism spectrum disorder

(2013) Ki Chan Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Activity-dependent neuronal signalling and autism spectrum disorder

(2013) Daniel H. Ebert et al.   NATURE

Power failure: why small sample size undermines the reliability of neuroscience

(2013) Katherine S. Button et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Focal Scn1a knockdown induces cognitive impairment without seizures

(2013) Alex C. Bender et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Lovastatin Corrects Excess Protein Synthesis and Prevents Epileptogenesis in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome

(2013) Emily K. Osterweil et al.   NEURON

SHANK3 haploinsufficiency: a “common” but underdiagnosed highly penetrant monogenic cause of autism spectrum disorders

(2013) Catalina Betancur et al.   Molecular Autism

Early diagnosis of autism and impact on prognosis: a narrative review

(2013) Elisabeth Fernell et al.   Clinical Epidemiology

Absence of social conditioned place preference in BTBR T+tf/J mice: Relevance for social motivation testing in rodent models of autism

(2012) Brandon L. Pearson et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Genetic architecture in autism spectrum disorder

(2012) Bernie Devlin et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

High-throughput phenotyping of avoidance learning in mice discriminates different genotypes and identifies a novel gene

(2012) G. Maroteaux et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Reward processing in autism: a thematic series

(2012) Gabriel Dichter et al.   Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Impaired Gamma-Band Activity during Perceptual Organization in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Evidence for Dysfunctional Network Activity in Frontal-Posterior Cortices

(2012) L. Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Reduced Excitatory Neurotransmission and Mild Autism-Relevant Phenotypes in Adolescent Shank3 Null Mutant Mice

(2012) M. Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Autistic-like social behaviour in Shank2-mutant mice improved by restoring NMDA receptor function

(2012) Hyejung Won et al.   NATURE

Autistic-like behaviour and cerebellar dysfunction in Purkinje cell Tsc1 mutant mice

(2012) Peter T. Tsai et al.   NATURE

Distinct roles for direct and indirect pathway striatal neurons in reinforcement

(2012) Alexxai V Kravitz et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

EU-AIMS: a boost to autism research

(2012) Declan Murphy et al.   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

Chronic Pharmacological mGlu5 Inhibition Corrects Fragile X in Adult Mice

(2012) Aubin Michalon et al.   NEURON

Class I histone deacetylase inhibition ameliorates social cognition and cell adhesion molecule plasticity deficits in a rodent model of autism spectrum disorder

(2012) Andrew G. Foley et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Autism as a neural systems disorder: A theory of frontal-posterior underconnectivity

(2012) Marcel Adam Just et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Adult Male Mice Emit Context-Specific Ultrasonic Vocalizations That Are Modulated by Prior Isolation or Group Rearing Environment

(2012) Jonathan Chabout et al.   PLoS One

Sex-Dependent Novelty Response in Neurexin-1α Mutant Mice

(2012) Marijke C. Laarakker et al.   PLoS One

The Structure and Usage of Female and Male Mouse Ultrasonic Vocalizations Reveal only Minor Differences

(2012) Kurt Hammerschmidt et al.   PLoS One

Of Mice, Birds, and Men: The Mouse Ultrasonic Song System Has Some Features Similar to Humans and Song-Learning Birds

(2012) Gustavo Arriaga et al.   PLoS One

More consistent, yet less sensitive: Interval timing in autism spectrum disorders

(2012) Christine M. Falter et al.   QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Shared Synaptic Pathophysiology in Syndromic and Nonsyndromic Rodent Models of Autism

(2012) S. J. Baudouin et al.   SCIENCE

The social motivation theory of autism

(2012) Coralie Chevallier et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Synaptic Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders Associated with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities

(2012) H. Y. Zoghbi et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Links between multisensory processing and autism

(2012) Sarah E. Donohue et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Total Population Sample

(2011) Young Shin Kim et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

Genetically inbred Balb/c mice differ from outbred Swiss Webster mice on discrete measures of sociability: relevance to a genetic mouse model of autism spectrum disorders

(2011) Luis F. Jacome et al.   Autism Research

Behavioral profiles of mouse models for autism spectrum disorders

(2011) Elodie Ey et al.   Autism Research

A Multivariate Twin Study of Autistic Traits in 12-Year-Olds: Testing the Fractionable Autism Triad Hypothesis

(2011) Elise B. Robinson et al.   BEHAVIOR GENETICS

Pharmacologic Rescue of Impaired Cognitive Flexibility, Social Deficits, Increased Aggression, and Seizure Susceptibility in Oxytocin Receptor Null Mice: A Neurobehavioral Model of Autism

(2011) Mariaelvina Sala et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Animal model of autism induced by prenatal exposure to valproate: Behavioral changes and liver parameters

(2011) Victorio Bambini-Junior et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

RETRACTED: Enhanced Polyubiquitination of Shank3 and NMDA Receptor in a Mouse Model of Autism

(2011) M Ali Bangash et al.   CELL

Impaired Consonant Trigrams Test (CTT) performance relates to everyday working memory difficulties in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

(2011) Benjamin E. Yerys et al.   CHILD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Odor detection threshold, but not odor identification, is impaired in children with autism

(2011) Iva Dudova et al.   EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

Development of repetitive behavior in a mouse model: Roles of indirect and striosomal basal ganglia pathways

(2011) Yoko Tanimura et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE

The neurobiology of mouse models syntenic to human chromosome 15q

(2011) Toru Takumi   Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Shank3 mutant mice display autistic-like behaviours and striatal dysfunction

(2011) João Peça et al.   NATURE

The conundrums of understanding genetic risks for autism spectrum disorders

(2011) Matthew W State et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Testing declarative memory in laboratory rats and mice using the nonconditioned social discrimination procedure

(2011) Mario Engelmann et al.   Nature Protocols

Prenatal exposure to a viral mimetic alters behavioural flexibility in male, but not female, rats

(2011) Ying Zhang et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Auditory processing in autism spectrum disorder: A review

(2011) K. O’Connor   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Spectrographic analyses reveal signals of individuality and kinship in the ultrasonic courtship vocalizations of wild house mice

(2011) Frauke Hoffmann et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Cross Fostering Experiments Suggest That Mice Songs Are Innate

(2011) Takefumi Kikusui et al.   PLoS One

A Role for Strain Differences in Waveforms of Ultrasonic Vocalizations during Male–Female Interaction

(2011) Hiroki Sugimoto et al.   PLoS One

Quantifying the buildup in extent and complexity of free exploration in mice

(2011) Y. Benjamini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mouse model of Timothy syndrome recapitulates triad of autistic traits

(2011) P. L. Bader et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evaluating the rewarding nature of social interactions in laboratory animals

(2011) Viviana Trezza et al.   Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Development of Translational Methods in Spectral Analysis of Human Infant Crying and Rat Pup Ultrasonic Vocalizations for Early Neurobehavioral Assessment

(2011) Philip Sanford Zeskind et al.   Frontiers in Psychiatry

Expression of social behaviors of C57BL/6J versus BTBR inbred mouse strains in the visible burrow system

(2010) Roger L.H. Pobbe et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Sociability and motor functions in Shank1 mutant mice

(2010) Jill L. Silverman et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Motor and cognitive stereotypies in the BTBR T+tf/J mouse model of autism

(2010) B. L. Pearson et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Unusual repertoire of vocalizations in adult BTBR T+tf/J mice during three types of social encounters

(2010) M. L. Scattoni et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders

(2010) Dalila Pinto et al.   NATURE

Behavioural phenotyping assays for mouse models of autism

(2010) Jill L. Silverman et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

The neurobiology of repetitive behavior: Of mice…

(2010) Marieke Langen et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Frequency-modulated 50kHz ultrasonic vocalizations: a tool for uncovering the molecular substrates of positive affect

(2010) Jeffrey Burgdorf et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

The neurobiology of repetitive behavior: …and men

(2010) Marieke Langen et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Striatal FoxP2 Is Actively Regulated during Songbird Sensorimotor Learning

(2010) Ikuko Teramitsu et al.   PLoS One

Promoting social behavior with oxytocin in high-functioning autism spectrum disorders

(2010) E. Andari et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IQ in children with autism spectrum disorders: data from the Special Needs and Autism Project (SNAP)

(2010) T. Charman et al.   PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE

Lack of social exploratory activation in male μ-opioid receptor KO mice in response to playback of female ultrasonic vocalizations

(2010) Markus Wöhr et al.   Social Neuroscience

Neuropsychological Profile of Autism and the Broad Autism Phenotype

(2009) Molly Losh et al.   ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

Social deficits, stereotypy and early emergence of repetitive behavior in the C58/J inbred mouse strain

(2009) Bryce C. Ryan et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Pitfalls in the interpretation of genetic and pharmacological effects on anxiety-like behaviour in rodents

(2009) Jan Adriaan Bouwknecht et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY

Interspecies Trait Genetics Reveals Association of Adcy8 with Mouse Avoidance Behavior and a Human Mood Disorder

(2009) Annetrude (J.G.) de Mooij-van Malsen et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Intranasal Oxytocin Improves Emotion Recognition for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders

(2009) Adam J. Guastella et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Female mice respond to male ultrasonic 'songs' with approach behaviour

(2009) K. Hammerschmidt et al.   Biology Letters

Executive functions in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

(2009) Sally Robinson et al.   BRAIN AND COGNITION

A Humanized Version of Foxp2 Affects Cortico-Basal Ganglia Circuits in Mice

(2009) Wolfgang Enard et al.   CELL

Abnormal Behavior in a Chromosome- Engineered Mouse Model for Human 15q11-13 Duplication Seen in Autism

(2009) Jin Nakatani et al.   CELL

Behavioural and cognitive abnormalities in an imprinting centre deletion mouse model for Prader–Willi syndrome

(2009) Dinko Relkovic et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Conditioned place preference induced by social play behavior: Parametrics, extinction, reinstatement and disruption by methylphenidate

(2009) Viviana Trezza et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Neuroligin-3-deficient mice: model of a monogenic heritable form of autism with an olfactory deficit

(2009) K. Radyushkin et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Over-expression of a human chromosome 22q11.2 segment including TXNRD2, COMT and ARVCF developmentally affects incentive learning and working memory in mice

(2009) G. Suzuki et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Reduced conditioned fear response in mice that lack Dlx1 and show subtype-specific loss of interneurons

(2009) Rong Mao et al.   Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Oxytocin Makes a Face in Memory Familiar

(2009) U. Rimmele et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A Cholinergic-Dependent Role for the Entorhinal Cortex in Trace Fear Conditioning

(2009) F. Esclassan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Evaluation of two automated metrics for analyzing partner preference tests

(2009) Todd H. Ahern et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

Neuronal glucose transporter isoform 3 deficient mice demonstrate features of autism spectrum disorders

(2009) Y Zhao et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Repetitive Self-Grooming Behavior in the BTBR Mouse Model of Autism is Blocked by the mGluR5 Antagonist MPEP

(2009) Jill L Silverman et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Freedom of movement and the stability of its unfolding in free exploration of mice

(2009) Ehud Fonio et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mouse neurexin-1  deletion causes correlated electrophysiological and behavioral changes consistent with cognitive impairments

(2009) M. R. Etherton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Psychosis, Affective Disorders and Anxiety in Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Prevalence and Nosological Considerations

(2009) Norbert Skokauskas et al.   PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

Attention profiles in autistic children with and without comorbid hyperactivity and attention problems

(2008) Judith Sinzig et al.   ACTA NEUROPSYCHIATRICA

Minimal aberrant behavioral phenotypes of neuroligin-3 R451C knockin mice

(2008) Kathryn K. Chadman et al.   Autism Research

Differential genetic regulation of motor activity and anxiety-related behaviors in mice using an automated home cage task.

(2008) Martien J. H. Kas et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Social behavior in Fmr1 knockout mice carrying a human FMR1 transgene.

(2008) Corinne M. Spencer et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Olfactory cues are sufficient to elicit social approach behaviors but not social transmission of food preference in C57BL/6J mice

(2008) Bryce C. Ryan et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Working Memory: Relevance to CNTRICS and Schizophrenia

(2008) Deanna M. Barch et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Impaired Synaptic Plasticity and Motor Learning in Mice with a Point Mutation Implicated in Human Speech Deficits

(2008) Matthias Groszer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Social reward-conditioned place preference: A model revealing an interaction between cocaine and social context rewards in rats

(2008) Kenneth J. Thiel et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Early postnatal maternal deprivation in rats induces memory deficits in adult life that can be reversed by donepezil and galantamine

(2008) Fernando Benetti et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE

Ultrasonic vocalizations of rats (Rattus norvegicus) during mating, play, and aggression: Behavioral concomitants, relationship to reward, and self-administration of playback..

(2008) Jeffrey Burgdorf et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Double Dissociation of the Effects of Medial and Orbital Prefrontal Cortical Lesions on Attentional and Affective Shifts in Mice

(2008) G. B. Bissonette et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Reversal of learning deficits in a Tsc2 +/− mouse model of tuberous sclerosis

(2008) Dan Ehninger et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Reversing Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Adults

(2008) Dan Ehninger et al.   NEURON

Atypical recruitment of medial prefrontal cortex in autism spectrum disorders: An fMRI study of two executive function tasks

(2008) Sam J. Gilbert et al.   NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA

Accruing Preclinical Evidence about Metabotropic Glutamate 5 Receptor Antagonists as Treatments for Drug Dependence Highlights the Irreplaceable Contributions of Animal Studies to the Discovery of New Medications for Human Disorders

(2008) Athina Markou   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Ultrasonic Vocalizations Induced by Sex and Amphetamine in M2, M4, M5 Muscarinic and D2 Dopamine Receptor Knockout Mice

(2008) Haoran Wang et al.   PLoS One

Reduced social interaction and ultrasonic communication in a mouse model of monogenic heritable autism

(2008) S. Jamain et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gender-specific behavioral and immunological alterations in an animal model of autism induced by prenatal exposure to valproic acid

(2008) Tomasz Schneider et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Selecting Paradigms From Cognitive Neuroscience for Translation into Use in Clinical Trials: Proceedings of the Third CNTRICS Meeting

(2008) D. M. Barch et al.   SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN

Gabrb3 gene deficient mice exhibit impaired social and exploratory behaviors, deficits in non-selective attention and hypoplasia of cerebellar vermal lobules: A potential model of autism spectrum disorder

(2007) T DELOREY et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Autism-like behavioral phenotypes in BTBR T+tf/J mice

(2007) H. G. McFarlane et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Rat strain differences in startle gating-disruptive effects of apomorphine occur with both acoustic and visual prepulses

(2007) M WEBER et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR