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• Social peers rescue autism-relevant sociability deficits in adolescent mice.

  Yang M, Perry K, Weber MD, Katz AM, Crawley JN. Yang M, et al. Autism Res. 2011 Feb;4(1):17-27. doi: 10.1002/aur.163. Epub 2010 Oct 6. Autism Res. 2011. PMID: 20928844 Free PMC article.
• Absence of preference for social novelty and increased grooming in integrin β3 knockout mice: initial studies and future directions.

  Carter MD, Shah CR, Muller CL, Crawley JN, Carneiro AM, Veenstra-VanderWeele J. Carter MD, et al. Autism Res. 2011 Feb;4(1):57-67. doi: 10.1002/aur.180. Epub 2011 Jan 19. Autism Res. 2011. PMID: 21254450 Free PMC article.
• Modifying behavioral phenotypes in Fmr1KO mice: genetic background differences reveal autistic-like responses.

  Spencer CM, Alekseyenko O, Hamilton SM, Thomas AM, Serysheva E, Yuva-Paylor LA, Paylor R. Spencer CM, et al. Autism Res. 2011 Feb;4(1):40-56. doi: 10.1002/aur.168. Epub 2011 Jan 25. Autism Res. 2011. PMID: 21268289 Free PMC article.
• Behavioral profiles of mouse models for autism spectrum disorders.

  Ey E, Leblond CS, Bourgeron T. Ey E, et al. Autism Res. 2011 Feb;4(1):5-16. doi: 10.1002/aur.175. Epub 2011 Jan 5. Autism Res. 2011. PMID: 21328568
• Haploinsufficiency of Gtf2i, a gene deleted in Williams Syndrome, leads to increases in social interactions.

  Sakurai T, Dorr NP, Takahashi N, McInnes LA, Elder GA, Buxbaum JD. Sakurai T, et al. Autism Res. 2011 Feb;4(1):28-39. doi: 10.1002/aur.169. Epub 2010 Dec 3. Autism Res. 2011. PMID: 21328569
• The autism risk genes MET and PLAUR differentially impact cortical development.

  Eagleson KL, Campbell DB, Thompson BL, Bergman MY, Levitt P. Eagleson KL, et al. Autism Res. 2011 Feb;4(1):68-83. doi: 10.1002/aur.172. Epub 2010 Dec 3. Autism Res. 2011. PMID: 21328570 Free PMC article.