Article
[FOXP2 and the molecular biology of language: new evidence. I. Phenotypic aspects and animal models].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Jan 2000
Benítez-Burraco A
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: FOXP2 is the first gene linked to a hereditary variant of specific language impairment and seems to code for a transcriptional repressor that intervenes in the regulation of development and the functioning of certain thalamic-cortical-striatal circuits. DEVELOPMENT: In the last three years significant progress has been made in the analysis of the structural and functional properties of the gene. The...
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