Epigenetic regulation of fetal brain development and neurocognitive outcome

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 11062-11063

  Petanjek, Zdravko ^a   Kostović, Ivica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOTE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84863971678     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208085109     Document Type: Note

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