Longitudinal brain MRI study in a mouse model of Rett Syndrome and the effects of choline

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-119

  Ward, B C ^a   Agarwal, S ^a   Wang, K ^a   Berger Sweeney, J ^a   Kolodny, N H ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Choline; MRI; Rett Syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETT SYNDROME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHOLINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 44949148164     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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