Neurexin Dysfunction in Adult Neurons Results in Autistic-like Behavior in Mice

Cell Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 338-346

  Rabaneda, Luis G ^a   Robles Lanuza, Estefanía ^a   Nieto González, JoséLuis ^a,b   Scholl, Francisco G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; NEUREXIN; NEUREXIN 1BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROOMING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; AGED; BRAIN CELL; FOREBRAIN; HABITUATION; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MOUSE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SMELLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84904731433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.06.022     Document Type: Article

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