Effects on fear reactivity in XO mice are due to haploinsufficiency of a non-PAR X gene: Implications for emotional function in Turner's syndrome

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1849-1855

  Isles, Anthony R ^a   Davies, William ^a   Burrmann, Doreen ^a   Burgoyne, Paul S ^b   Wilkinson, Lawrence S ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STERYL SULFATASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MONOSOMY X; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MONOSOMY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; STERYL-SULFATASE; TURNER SYNDROME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 4344619750     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddh203     Document Type: Article

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