Rett syndrome: Of girls and mice - Lessons for regression in autism

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-158

  Glaze, Daniel G ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; MECP2; Regression; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

AUTISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DENDRITIC SPINE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REMISSION; REPRESSOR GENE; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; POINT MUTATION; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETT SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 4944233815     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20030     Document Type: Review

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