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Trisomy for the Down syndrome 'critical region' is necessary but not sufficient for brain phenotypes of trisomic mice.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Apr 2007
Olson Lisa E, Roper Randall J, Sengstaken Crystal L, Peterson Elizabeth A, Aquino Veronica, Galdzicki Zygmunt, Siarey Richard, Pletnikov Mikhail, Moran Timothy H, Reeves Roger H
Abstract excerpt
Trisomic Ts65Dn mice show direct parallels with many phenotypes of Down syndrome (DS), including effects on the structure of cerebellum and hippocampus. A small segment of Hsa21 known as the 'DS critical region' (DSCR) has been held to contain a gene or genes sufficient to cause impairment in learning and memory tasks involving the hippocampus. To test this hypothesis, we developed Ts1Rhr and Ms1Rhr mouse models...
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