Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A cerebellar disorder?

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 486-496

  Cyrulnik, Shana E ^a   Hinton, Veronica J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Development; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dyslexia; Dystrophin

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DYSLEXIA; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAZE TEST; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; X CHROMOSOME LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSTROPHIN; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; READING;

EID: 38649105136     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2007.09.001     Document Type: Review

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