from mothers of children with autistic disorder (MCAD), to controls (simple-and IgG-) on
behavioral testing in offspring. Mice, exposed in-utero to MCAD-IgG, as adolescents, were
more active during the first ten minutes of central field novelty testing and, as adults,
displayed anxiety-like behavior on a component of the elevated plus maze and had a
greater magnitude of startle following acoustic stimulation. On a social interaction paradigm …