Knock-in mouse models of Huntington's disease

NeuroRx

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 465-470

  Menalled, Liliana B ^a  

^a PSYCHOGENICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Behavior; Huntingtin; Huntington's disease; Knock in; Mouse models

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; GENE MUTATION; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 26844441831     PISSN: 15455343     EISSN: 15455351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1602/neurorx.2.3.465     Document Type: Article

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