Midline axon guidance and human genetic disorders

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 226-234

  Izzi, L ^a,b   Charron, F ^a,b,c  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Congenital mirror movements; DCC; Horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis; Midline crossing; ROBO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HORIZONTAL GAZE PALSY HORIZONTAL GAZE PALSY; HUMAN; MIRROR MOVEMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SPINAL CORD; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEUROGENESIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SPINAL CORD; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79961128977     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2011.01735.x     Document Type: Article

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