[3S10m] Social Animal Models: Mouse, Vole and Marmoset Studies Towards Clinical Neuroscience of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

[3S10m-04] The development of artificially gene-modified Prairie Voles: OXTR gene KO and OXTR-Cre KI Prairie Voles are highly potential experimental resources for the study of the mental disorders accompanied with impaired sociality and prosocial behaviors, representing ASD.

〇Katsuhiko Nishimori^1,3, Kengo Horie^2,3 (1.Fukushima Medical University, 2.Center for Translational Social Neuroscience, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, 3.Graduate School of Agricultural Science,Tohoku University)

Keywords:Prairie Vole, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, prosocial behavior, Oxytocin Receptor