Macrocephaly and the control of brain growth in autistic disorders

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 38-56

  McCaffery, Peter ^a   Deutsch, Curtis K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain size; Genetic syndromes; Macrocephaly; Nuclear receptor; Retinoic acid; Valproate

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID; VALPROIC ACID;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; AUTISM; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; COMPULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MACROCEPHALY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURITE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOTOS SYNDROME; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TERATOGENICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNDROME;

EID: 27844479666     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2005.10.005     Document Type: Review

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