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ArticleMolecular brain2023

Maturation of nucleus accumbens synaptic transmission signals a critical period for the rescue of social deficits in a mouse model of autism spectrum disorder.

Melina Matthiesen, Abdessattar Khlaifia, Carl Frank David Steininger, Maryam Dadabhoy, Unza Mumtaz, Maithe Arruda-Carvalho

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Article in Molecular brain, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Melina Matthiesen *Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada.
Abdessattar Khlaifia *Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada.
Carl Frank David Steininger *Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S3G5, Canada.
Maryam DadabhoyDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada.
Unza MumtazDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada.
Maithe Arruda-CarvalhoDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4, Canada. m.arrudacarvalho@utoronto.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-7832-3729
University of Toronto · CA

Funding

CIHR PJT 399790
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social behavior emerges early in development, a time marked by the onset of neurodevelopmental disorders featuring social deficits, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although social deficits are at the core of the clinical diagnosis of ASD, very little is known about their neural correlates at the time of clinical onset. The nucleus accumbens (NAc), a brain region extensively implicated in social behavior, undergoes synaptic, cellular and molecular alterations in early life, and is particularly affected in ASD mouse models. To explore a link between the maturation of the NAc and neurodevelopmental deficits in social behavior, we compared spontaneous synaptic transmission in NAc shell medium spiny neurons (MSNs) between the highly social C57BL/6J and the idiopathic ASD mouse model BTBR T

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Autism Spectrum DisorderNucleus AccumbensAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMiceMice, Inbred C57BLSirolimusSocial BehaviorSirolimusBTBRDevelopmentElectrophysiologyRapamycinSocial interaction

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PMID37226266
PMCPMC10210332
OpenAlexW4377982163

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