Angelman syndrome: Current understanding and research prospects

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2331-2339

  Dan, Bernard ^a  

^a HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; Epilepsy; GABA; Gap junction; NMDA; UBE3A

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN UBE 3 A; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GAP JUNCTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ANGELMAN SYNDROME; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; D-ASPARTIC ACID; DENDRITIC SPINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 70350349099     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02311.x     Document Type: Article

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