The mouse Engrailed genes: A window into autism

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-132

  Kuemerle, Barbara ^a   Gulden, Forrest ^a   Cherosky, Natalie ^a   Williams, Elizabeth ^b   Herrup, Karl ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; Brain development; Cerebellum; Engrailed; Mouse model

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENDER; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33845392061     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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