Correlates Across the Structural, Functional, and Molecular Phenotypes of Fragile X Syndrome

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-59

  Beckel Mitchener, Andrea ^a   Greenough, William T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Dendrite; Dendritic spine; Developmental delay; FMR1; FMRP; Mental retardation; Synapse

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; CELL MATURATION; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; FMR1 GENE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 1642286985     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20009     Document Type: Review

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