Over-expression of a human chromosome 22q11.2 segment including TXNRD2, COMT and ARVCF developmentally affects incentive learning and working memory in mice

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3914-3925

  Suzuki, Go ^a   Harper, Kathryn M ^a   Hiramoto, Takeshi ^a   Funke, Birgit ^b   Lee, Moonsook ^a   Kang, Gina ^a   Buell, Mahalah ^c   Geyer, Mark A ^c   Kucherlapati, Raju ^b   Morrow, Bernice ^a   Männistö, Pekka T ^d   Agatsuma, Soh ^a   Hiroi, Noboru ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO REPEAT GENE DELETED IN VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CATENIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BEHAVIOR; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEINS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE 2;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 70349560659     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp334     Document Type: Article

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