The flathead mutation causes CNS-specific developmental abnormalities and apoptosis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2295-2306

  Roberts, Melanie R ^a   Bittman, Kevin ^a   Li, Wei Wei ^a   French, Richard ^a   Mitchell, Bartley ^b   LoTurco, Joseph J ^a   D'Mello, Santosh R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autosomal recessive; Neural development; Neurological mutant; Proliferation; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DEATH; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; INBRED STRAIN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; TREMOR;

EID: 0034653447     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-06-02295.2000     Document Type: Article

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