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Letting a typical mouse judge whether mouse social interactions are atypical.
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research - 1 Jun 2013
Shah Charisma R, Forsberg Carl Gunnar, Kang Jing-Qiong, Veenstra-VanderWeele Jeremy
Abstract excerpt
Diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) requires a qualitative assessment of social aptitude: one person judging whether another person interacts in a "typical" way. We hypothesized that mice could be used to make a similar judgment if they prefer "typical" over "atypical" social interactions with mouse models relevant to ASD. We used wild-type C57BL/6 (B6) mice as "judges" and evaluated their preference...
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