Loss of Wdfy3 in mice alters cerebral cortical neurogenesis reflecting aspects of the autism pathology

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Orosco, Lori A ^a,b   Ross, Adam P ^a,b   Cates, Staci L ^a,b   Scott, Sean E ^a,b   Wu, Dennis ^a,b   Sohn, Jiho ^b   Pleasure, David ^b,c   Pleasure, Samuel J ^d   Adamopoulos, Iannis E ^a,b   Zarbalis, Konstantinos S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHILD HEALTH; DISABILITY; ETIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RODENT;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; WDFY3 GENE; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS;

VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN; WDFY3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGENESIS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84943528737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5692     Document Type: Article

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