Investigating mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental phenotypes of autistic and intellectual disability disorders: A perspective

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Kroon, Tim ^a   Sierksma, Martijn C ^a   Meredith, Rhiannon M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical periods; Development; Gene expression; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; F ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; LIM KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN CDC42; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONNECTOME; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EXCITATION AND STIMULATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84887029751     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2013.00075     Document Type: Article

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