Overproduction of Upper-Layer Neurons in the Neocortex Leads to Autism-like Features in Mice

Cell Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1635-1643

  Fang, Wei Qun ^a,c   Chen, Wei Wei ^a   Jiang, Liwen ^b   Liu, Kai ^a   Yung, Wing Ho ^b   Fu, Amy K Y ^a   Ip, Nancy Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7,8 DIHYDRO 2 [4 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 5H THIOPYRANO[4,3 D]PYRIMIDIN 4 OL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO; EXCITATORY NEURON; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC SPINE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC SPINES; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; NEOCORTEX; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84915783802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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