Heterozygous PAX6 mutation, adult brain structure and fronto-striato- thalamic function in a human family

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1505-1512

  Ellison Wright, Zoë ^a,b   Heyman, Isobel ^a   Frampton, Ian ^a   Rubia, Katya ^a   Chitnis, Xavier ^a   Ellison Wright, Ian ^a,b   Williams, Steve C R ^a   Suckling, John ^c   Simmons, Andrew ^a   Bullmore, Edward ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene; Homeobox; MRI; Neuroimaging; Systems

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAX6 GENE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIRIDIA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; EYE PROTEINS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 12144289217     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03236.x     Document Type: Article

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