Early Social Enrichment Improves Social Motivation and Skills in a Monogenic Mouse Model of Autism, the Oprm1−/− Mouse
Environmental enrichment has been proven to have positive effects on both behavioral and physiological phenotypes in rodent models of mental and neurodevelopmental disorders. In this study, we used mice lacking the µ-opioid receptor gene (Oprm1−/−), which has been shown to have deficits in social co...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2016-01-01
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Series: | Neural Plasticity |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5346161 |