Alterations in GABAergic biomarkers in the autism brain: Research findings and clinical implications

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1646-1652

  Blatt, Gene J ^a   Fatemi, S Hossein ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; BA 40; BA 9; Cerebellum; GABA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CEREBELLUM; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG BINDING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GOLGI COMPLEX; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; STELLATE CELL;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURONS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 80053029201     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21252     Document Type: Article

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