Are Molecules Involved in Neuritogenesis and Axon Guidance Related to Autism Pathogenesis?

NeuroMolecular Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 297-304

  Bakos, Jan ^a,e   Bacova, Zuzana ^a,b   Grant, Stephen G ^c   Castejon, Ana M ^d   Ostatnikova, Daniela ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c affiliation with Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Autism; Biomarkers; Brain development; Cytoskeletal remodeling; Neurites

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN CDC42; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN; ABELSON KINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CELL TRANSPORT; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AXON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CONNECTOME; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH CONE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CONNECTOME; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROWTH CONES; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURITES; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ABL; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84938984652     PISSN: 15351084     EISSN: 15591174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12017-015-8357-7     Document Type: Article

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