Genetic regulation of human brain development: Lessons from Mendelian diseases

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1214, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 156-167

  Dixon Salazar, Tracy J ^a   Gleeson, Joseph G ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; CNS; Development; Disease; Genetics; Inherit; Mendelian

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 78650348031     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05819.x     Document Type: Article

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