An aetiological Foxp2 mutation causes aberrant striatal activity and alters plasticity during skill learning

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1077-1085

  French, C A ^a,b   Jin, X ^c   Campbell, T G ^a   Gerfen, E ^c   Groszer, M ^d   Fisher, S E ^a,e   Costa, R M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DU FER À MOULIN   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foxp2; in vivo recording; KE family; motor skill learning; speech and language; striatum

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRIATE CORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LEARNING; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST;

EID: 84867896115     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2011.105     Document Type: Article

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