title: Motor learning: the FoxP2 puzzle piece.
abstract: Mutation of the DNA-binding region of the FOXP2 protein causes an inherited language disorder. A recent study provides the first data on mice with this mutation, which exhibit deficits in motor-skill learning and abnormal properties of neural circuits that contribute to these skills.
authors.affiliation: University College London, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
authors.forename: Ikuko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Teramitsu
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; C432918:Foxp2 protein, mouse; D012097:Repressor Proteins