What can mice tell us about Foxp2 function?

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 72-79

  French, Catherine A ^a   Fisher, Simon E ^b,c  

^a CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE FOR THE UNKNOWN   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENETICS; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MICE; MUTATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84904470753     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.07.003     Document Type: Review

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