The biochemical basis of the neurobehavioral abnormalities in the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome: A hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-134

  Neychev, Vladimir Kostadinov ^a   Mitev, Vanyo Ivano ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AMINO 4 IMIDAZOLECARBOXAMIDE RIBOSIDE; ADENOSINE; AMINO ACID; DOPAMINE; HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE; PURINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BASAL GANGLION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOREOATHETOSIS; COGNITION; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LESCH NYHAN SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NERVE CELL LESION; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; THALAMUS; TREMOR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; LESCH-NYHAN SYNDROME; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURONS; PHOSPHORIBOSYL PYROPHOSPHATE; SELF MUTILATION; URIC ACID;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3142562586     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.01.019     Document Type: Article

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