DNA arrays and neurobiology - What's new and what's next?

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 554-561

  Barlow, Carrolee ^a   Lockhart, David J ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b Ambit Biosciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DATA BASE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036801312     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(02)00353-7     Document Type: Review

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