A decade of molecular studies of fragile X syndrome

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue , 2002, Pages 315-338

  O'Donnell, William T ^a   Warren, Stephen T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spine; Mental retardation; RNA binding; Synaptic plasticity; Trinucleotide repeat

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENOTYPE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYSOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; SYNAPSE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DENDRITES; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0036301947     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.25.112701.142909     Document Type: Review

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