Alterations of neocortical pyramidal cell phenotype in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome: Effects of environmental enrichment

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 758-764

  Dierssen, M ^a   Benavides Piccione, R ^b   Martinez Cue C ^c   Estivill, X ^a   Florez J ^c   Elston, G N ^b,d   DeFelipe, J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 16; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPERACTIVITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL TRISOMY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEOCORTEX; PREGNANCY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0037662885     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/13.7.758     Document Type: Article

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