Fragile X syndrome and the amygdala

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 509-515

  Suvrathan, Aparna ^a   Chattarji, Sumantra ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79960256722     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.04.005     Document Type: Review

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