Findings from University of Hawaii in Brain Research Reported

2011 DEC 26 -- Fresh data on Brain Research are presented in the report "General and social anxiety in the BTBR T+ tf/J mouse strain." According to the authors of recent research from Honolulu, Hawaii, "BTBR T+ tf/J (BTBR) is an inbred mouse strain that shows behavioral traits with analogies to the three diagnostic symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD); deficits in social interaction, impaired communication, and repetitive behaviors with restricted interests. Previous findings reveal that when compared to C57BL/6J (B6) and other inbred strains, BTBR exhibit normal to low anxiety-like traits in paradigms designed to assess anxiety-related behaviors."

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