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Structure and function of neonatal social communication in a genetic mouse model of autism

Overview of attention for article published in Molecular Psychiatry, December 2015
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Title
Structure and function of neonatal social communication in a genetic mouse model of autism
Published in
Molecular Psychiatry, December 2015
DOI 10.1038/mp.2015.190
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T Takahashi, S Okabe, P Ó Broin, A Nishi, K Ye, M V Beckert, T Izumi, A Machida, G Kang, S Abe, J L Pena, A Golden, T Kikusui, N Hiroi

Abstract

A critical step toward understanding autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is to identify both genetic and environmental risk factors. A number of rare copy number variants (CNVs) have emerged as robust genetic risk factors for ASD, but not all CNV carriers exhibit ASD and the severity of ASD symptoms varies among CNV carriers. Although evidence exists that various environmental factors modulate symptomatic severity, the precise mechanisms by which these factors determine the ultimate severity of ASD are still poorly understood. Here, using a mouse heterozygous for Tbx1 (a gene encoded in 22q11.2 CNV), we demonstrate that a genetically triggered neonatal phenotype in vocalization generates a negative environmental loop in pup-mother social communication. Wild-type pups used individually diverse sequences of simple and complicated call types, but heterozygous pups used individually invariable call sequences with less complicated call types. When played back, representative wild-type call sequences elicited maternal approach, but heterozygous call sequences were ineffective. When the representative wild-type call sequences were randomized, they were ineffective in eliciting vigorous maternal approach behavior. These data demonstrate that an ASD risk gene alters the neonatal call sequence of its carriers and this pup phenotype in turn diminishes maternal care through atypical social communication. Thus, an ASD risk gene induces, through atypical neonatal call sequences, less than optimal maternal care as a negative neonatal environmental factor.Molecular Psychiatry advance online publication, 15 December 2015; doi:10.1038/mp.2015.190.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 3%
Japan 2 2%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 111 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 21%
Researcher 21 18%
Student > Master 13 11%
Student > Bachelor 10 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 4%
Other 17 15%
Unknown 27 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 23 20%
Psychology 19 16%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 3%
Other 14 12%
Unknown 36 31%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 December 2015.
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#2,553,534
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Outputs from Molecular Psychiatry
#1,721
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#44,404
of 393,618 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Molecular Psychiatry
#36
of 57 outputs
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