Decoding the genetics of speech and language

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-51

  Graham, Sarah A ^a   Fisher, Simon E ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2;

ALLELE; APRAXIA; ATP2C2 GENE; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH; CMIP GENE; CNTNAP2 GENE; COMORBIDITY; DCDC2 GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL VERBAL DYSPRAXIA; DYSLEXIA; DYX1C1 GENE; FOXP2 GENE; FRONTAL GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONT GYRUS; KIAA0319 GENE; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBO1 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH SOUND DISORDER; STUTTERING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 84872857437     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.11.006     Document Type: Review

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