Brain regions and genes affecting limb-clasping responses

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 252-259

  Lalonde, R ^a   Strazielle, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Basal ganglia; Bat like posture; Cerebellum; Clasping reflex; Genetically modified mice; Noradrenaline; Pathological reflex; Serotonin; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BRAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN CLN8; PROTEIN DAB1; PROTEIN GIRK2; PROTEIN HDH; PROTEIN PRKCC; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLN8 GENE; DAB1 GENE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GIRK2 GENE; HDH GENE; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRKCC GENE; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SMN2 GENE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTREMITIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79955721148     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: 18726321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2011.02.005     Document Type: Review

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