Tbx1: Identification of a 22q11.2 gene as a risk factor for autism spectrum disorder in a mouse model

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4775-4785

  Hiramoto, Takeshi ^a   Kang, Gina ^a   Suzuki, Go ^a   Satoh, Yasushi ^b   Kucherlapati, Raju ^c   Watanabe, Yasuhiro ^b   Hiroi, Noboru ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SMELLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TBX 1 GENE; VOCALIZATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 81855173456     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr404     Document Type: Article

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