Intraneuronal aggregate formation and cell death after viral expression of expanded polyglutamine tracts in the adult rat brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 219-229

  Senut, Marie Claude ^a   Suhr, Steven T ^a   Kaspar, Brian ^a   Gage, Fred H ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoassociated viral vectors; Aggregates; Brain; Gene transfer; Huntington's disease; Polyglutamine repeats; Rat

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERNEURON; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033999321     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-01-00219.2000     Document Type: Article

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