Human brain evolution: Harnessing the genomics (R)evolution to link genes, cognition, and behavior

Neuron

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-244

  Konopka, Genevieve ^a,b   Geschwind, Daniel H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRESENILIN 1; PROTEIN CNTNAP2; PROTEIN LRRTM1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; COGNITION; EPIGENETICS; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 77957928404     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.10.012     Document Type: Review

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