Activity-dependent neuronal signalling and autism spectrum disorder

Nature

Volumn 493, Issue 7432, 2013, Pages 327-337

  Ebert, Daniel H ^a,b   Greenberg, Michael E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; PROTEIN SHANK1; PROTEIN SHANK2; PROTEIN SHANK3; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUBERIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ETIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTEIN; SIGNALING;

AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TIMOTHY SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84872593582     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11860     Document Type: Review

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