Abnormal dendritic spine characteristics in the temporal and visual cortices of patients with fragile-X syndrome: A quantitative examination

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-167

  Irwin, Scott A ^a   Patel, Biraju ^a   Idupulapati, Madhuri ^a   Harris, Jennifer B ^a   Crisostomo, Ralph A ^a   Larsen, Brian P ^a   Kooy, Frank ^c   Willems, Patrick J ^c   Cras, Patrick ^c   Kozlowski, Piotr B ^d   Swain, Rodney A ^e   Weiler, Ivan Jeanne ^a   Greenough, William T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Fragile X syndrome; Golgi; Human; Mental retardation; Neuropathology; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; DENDRITES; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0035863624     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20010115)98:2<161::AID-AJMG1025>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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