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Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	The Impact of Sleep Disturbance During Development on Autism-like Social Behavior in Voles
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Lim, Miranda
Description Description	Miranda M. Lim, M.D., Ph.D., of Portland VA Medical Center and Oregon Health and Science University will use prairie voles to investigate how sleep disturbances impact brain development and social functioning, to determine whether impaired sleep contributes to the brain pathology of autism spectrum disorder. Prairie voles are highly social and form lifelong pair bonds. Dr. Lim will study whether disrupting the sleep of prairie vole pups during a sensitive developmental period influences their social behavior as juveniles or pups, and evaluate the animals' brains for markers associated with autism.
Funder Funder	Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	35000
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2016-2018
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 2: What is the Biology Underlying ASD?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	No URL available.
Institution Institution	Portland VA Research Foundation; Oregon Health and Science University
Institute Location Institute Location	United States
Project Number Project Number
Government or Private Government or Private	Private
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	The Impact of Sleep Disturbance During Development on Autism-like Social Behavior in Voles \| 17500 \| 2017 \| The Impact of Sleep Disturbance During Development on Autism-like Social Behavior in Voles \| 17500 \| 2018 \|

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