Developmental disruptions and behavioral impairments in rats following in utero RNAi of Dyx1c1

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 508-514

  Threlkeld, Steven W ^a   McClure, Melissa M ^a   Bai, Jilin ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   LoTurco, Joe J ^a   Rosen, Glenn D ^b   Fitch, R Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory processing impairment; Developmental dyslexia; In utero electroporation; RNAi; Spatial learning impairment; Transfection

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL MIGRATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DCDC2 GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DYSLEXIA; DYX1C1 GENE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEARING; HETEROTOPIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; KIAA0319 GENE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TRANSFECTION; UTERUS;

EID: 33846440958     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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