Embryological origin for autism: Developmental anomalies of the cranial nerve motor nuclei

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 370, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-261

  Rodier, Patricia M ^a   Ingram, Jennifer L ^a   Tisdale, Barbara ^a   Nelson, Sarah ^a   Romano, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

brain stem; Hox genes; neural tube; teratology; valproic acid

Indexed keywords

THALIDOMIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CRANIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; HUMAN; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; CRANIAL NERVES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029990539     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960624)370:2<247::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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