A songbird animal model for dissecting the genetic bases of autism spectrum disorder

Disease Markers

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 241-249

  Panaitof, S Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model; Autism spectrum disorder; CNTNAP2; FOXP2; song circuitry; vocal learning

Indexed keywords

CONTACTIN; CONTACTIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIKE 2; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; NEUROLIGIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONNECTOME; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE MODEL; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; PASSERI; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 84872350370     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: 18758630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/727058     Document Type: Article

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