Congenital hypoplasia of the cerebellum: Developmental causes and behavioral consequences

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Basson, M Albert ^a   Wingate, Richard J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Behavior; Cerebellum; Defects; Development; Function; Genetics; Hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHMP1A GENE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; ISTHMIC ORGANIZER; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PONTOCEREBELLAR HYPOPLASIA; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; WNT GENE; ZIC1 GENE;

EID: 84885053398     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2013.00029     Document Type: Review

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