Disruption of the mouse Necdin gene results in hypothalamic and behavioral alterations reminiscent of the human Prader-Willi syndrome

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3101-3110

  Muscatelli, Françoise ^a   Abrous, Djoher Nora ^b   Massacrier, Annick ^a   Boccaccio, Irène ^a   Le Moal, Michel ^b   Cau, Pierrre ^a   Cremer, Harold ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; NECDIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OXYTOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CELL SECRETION; CHROMOSOME 15Q; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; LETHALITY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0034642301     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.20.3101     Document Type: Article

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