Stability of RNA transcripts in post-mortem psychiatric brains

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 329-335

  Schramm, M ^a   Falkai, P ^a   Tepest, R ^a   Schneider Axmann, T ^a   Przkora, R ^a   Waha, A ^a   Pietsch, T ^a   Bonte, W ^b   Bayer, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

actin; 2 microglobulin; Competitive RT PCR; GAPDH; Postmortem; RNA; Trk B; Trk C

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA ACTIN; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BRAIN; CADAVER; DRUG STABILITY; FEMALE; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKC; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0032917255     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007020050162     Document Type: Article

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