1/22 -- Introduction,
Sign-ups; Review of SLI/dyslexia for next week [CANCELLED]
1/29 -- SLI/dyslexia:
Amanda R (1) and Beata K (1)
1). Szalkowski & Fitch. 2011. Candidate Dyslexia Susceptibility Genes and Disorders of Neuronal Migration: Behavioral Effects of Cortical Dysgenesis in a Rodent Model.pdf
WEEK 1 PDF Overview of dyslexia and SLI model papers, Intro to ASD
2/5 -- Autism/Fragile
X: Amanda R (2) and Hector C. (1)
[CANCELLED, present next week] 1) Bernardet & Crusio. 2006. Fmr1 KO mice as a possible model of autistic features.
2/12 -- Williams
syndrome (WBS):Beata K. (2) and
Hector C. (2)
1) Caposello.etal.2011.pdf Growth defects and impaired cognitive–behavioral abilities in mice with knockout for Eif4h, Williams-Beuren syndrome critical region.
2) Hua.etal.2009.pdf Induced chromosome deletions cause hypersociability and other features of Williams–Beuren syndrome in mice. WEEKS 2&3 (combined) PDF Overview, papers on ASD and Williams
2/19 -- Down
Syndrome:Beata K. (3) and Amanda R. (3)
1) Rueda.etal.2012.pdf Mouse models of Down syndrome as a tool to unravel the causes of mental disabilities. 2) Ruparelia.etal.2013.pdf Aging and intellectual disability: Insights from mouse models of Down syndrome.
WEEK 5 PDF Overview of PD papers, Intro to depression
3/5 -- Depression:Sam Y (2)
and Hector C. (3)
1) Barkus.2013.pdf Genetic mouse models of depression (hand-copied book chapter, but very recent)
2) Overstreet&Wegener.2013.pdf The Flinders sensitive line rat model of depression Kim et al., 2014 Optional, Pitx3 deficient mice as an animal model of co-morbid depressive disorder and parkinsonianism
3/26 --
Alzheimers/generalized dementia: Sam Y. (3)
and Hector. C (5)
1. Hall & Roberson, 2012 Mouse models of Alzheimers disease 2. Jiwa et al., 2010 Experimental models of vascular dementia and vascular cognitive impairment: a systematic review
