Mutations in ARX result in several defects involving GABAergic neurons

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2010, Pages

  Friocourt, Gaëlle ^a,b,c   Parnavelas, John G ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ARX; Basal ganglia; Epilepsy; GABA; Interneurons; Lissencephaly; Neuronal migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953376969     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2010.00004     Document Type: Article

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