Is autism caused by early hyperactivity of brain-derived neurotrophic factor?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-82

  Tsai, Shih Jen ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HEREDITY; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIALIZATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIMERIZATION; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTOR, TRKB;

EID: 18944371648     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.01.034     Document Type: Article

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