Abstract
Neurodevelopmental disorders typically comprise a complex constellation of behavioral symptoms and neurochemical abnormalities. However, many of the symptoms are inconsistently expressed within any one particular patient group or overlap between patient groups. In other words, there is usually heterogeneity of symptoms between diagnostic groups, and there is often partial homogeneity of symptoms across these groups. These include cognitive deficits, emotional lability, and perseverative or aberrant behaviors. Animal models of neurodevelopmental disorders typically reproduce or mimic specific genetic, neurochemical, and/or behavioral sequelae, although they typically fail to replicate the entire spectrum of biological and behavioral characteristics. Indeed, it may be impractical or even impossible to model the entire spectrum of characteristics of a disorder in any single animal model. A focus on one or more specific behavioral characteristics that occur in multiple neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., self-injury) may be a fruitful strategy. The development of these behaviorally focused models may yield increased understanding of the endogenous and environmental factors that confer vulnerability for aberrant behaviors that commonly occur in these disorders. One such behaviorally focused animal model is the pemoline model of self-injurious behavior.
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Devine, D.P. (2019). The Pemoline Model of Self-Injurious Behavior: An Update. In: Kobeissy, F. (eds) Psychiatric Disorders. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2011. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9554-7_6
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