BMC Neuroscience

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The genetic control of neocortex volume and covariation with neocortical gene expression in mice

Shiv M Gaglani1, Lu Lu2, Robert W Williams2 and Glenn D Rosen1*

Author Affiliations

1 Division of Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA

2 Center for Neuroscience, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, 875 Monroe Ave., Memphis TN 38163, USA

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BMC Neuroscience 2009, 10:44 doi:10.1186/1471-2202-10-44

Published: 9 May 2009

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Mean neocortical volume arranged by magnitude. Mean ± SEM neocortical volume in BXD RI lines and their parental strains, C57BL/6J and DBA/2J (arrows), arranged by magnitude of volume. Allelic inheritance at the Chr 11 QTL is indicated by color, blue = D allele, red = B allele.

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Initial candidate genes in Chr 11 interval. Table denoting candidate genes in the Chr 11 based on the initial screen.

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