Age-related decreased inhibitory vs. excitatory gene expression in the adult autistic brain

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  van de Lagemaat, Louie N ^a   Nijhof, Bonnie ^b   Bosch, Daniëlle G M ^b,c,d,e   Kohansal Nodehi, Mahdokht ^f   Keerthikumar, Shivakumar ^g   Heimel, J Alexander ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Bartimeus Institute   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^g LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age effect; Autism; Balance; Excitation; Gene expression; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; EXCITATION; EXCITATORY NEUROTRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INHIBITORY NEUROTRANSMISSION; MARKER GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84920622481     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00394     Document Type: Article

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