Trisomy 21: From chromosomes to mental retardation

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 346-354

  Roubertoux, Pierre L ^a,c   Kerdelhué, Bernard ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; HSA21; J r me Lejeune; Mental retardation; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 21; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DOWN SYNDROME; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; HUMAN CHROMOSOME 21 GENE; INTELLIGENCE; LOCOMOTION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TRISOMY 21;

BRAIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COGNITION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL RETARDATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33745024585     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9052-0     Document Type: Review

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