Rescue of behavioral and EEG deficits in male and female Mecp2-deficient mice by delayed Mecp2 gene reactivation

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 303-318

  Lang, Min ^a,b   Wither, Robert G ^a,b   Colic, Sinisa ^c   Wu, Chiping ^a   Monnier, Philippe P ^a,b   Bardakjian, Berj L ^c   Zhang, Liang ^a,c   Eubanks, James H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MECP2 GENE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETT SYNDROME; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR SKILLS; PHENOTYPE; RETT SYNDROME; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 84903721194     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt421     Document Type: Article

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