Neuroanatomy of the fragile X knockout mouse brain studied using in vivo high resolution magnetic resonance imaging

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 526-532

  Kooy, R Frank ^a   Reyniers, Edwin ^a   Verhoye, Marleen ^a   Sijbers, Jan ^a   Bakker, Cathy E ^b   Oostra, Ben A ^b   Willems, Patrick J ^a   Van Der Linden, Annemie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fragile X syndrome; Knockout mouse; Mental retardation; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEVICE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROORCHIDISM; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032803747     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200348     Document Type: Article

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