Biochemical and behavioural phenotyping of a mouse model for GAMT deficiency

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 49-55

  Torremans, An ^a   Marescau, Bart ^a   Possemiers, Ilse ^a   Van Dam, Debby ^a   D'Hooge, Rudi ^a   Isbrandt, Dirk ^b   De Deyn, Peter Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Behaviour; CT deficiency; GAMT deficiency; Guanidino compounds; Knockout; Mouse model

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATININE; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GUANIDINOACETATE N METHYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE LEVEL; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 15944411041     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2004.12.014     Document Type: Article

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