Long non-coding RNAs in neurodevelopmental disorders

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  van de Vondervoort, Ilse I G M ^a,b   Gordebeke, Peter M ^b,c   Khoshab, Nima ^c   Tiesinga, Paul H E ^b,c   Buitelaar, Jan K ^a   Kozicz, Tamas ^b,c   Aschrafi, Armaz ^b,c   Glennon, Jeffrey C ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Fragile X syndrome; Genomic imprinting; Intellectual disability; Long non coding RNA; Nervous system development; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892571529     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2013.00053     Document Type: Review

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