Lateralization of motor control in the human nervous system: Genetics of mirror movements

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-118

  Peng, Jimmy ^a,b   Charron, Frédéric ^a,b,c  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NETRIN 1; PLEXIN; PLEXIN A4; SEMAPHORIN; SEMAPHORIN 6A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN REGION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DCC GENE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DUANE RETRACTION SYNDROME; EPHA4 EPHRINB3 GENE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JOUBERT SYNDROME; KALLMANN SYNDROME; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; LOCOMOTION; MIRROR MOVEMENT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAD51 GENE; REVIEW; WILDERVANCK SYNDROME TYPE 1;

ANIMALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 84872869052     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.08.007     Document Type: Review

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