Lack of efficacy of 'naked' small interfering RNA applied directly to rat brain

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-177

  Isacson, R ^a   Kull, B ^a   Salmi, P ^a   Wahlestedt, C ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dopamine D1 receptor; RNAi; siRNA

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 8 IODO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; IODINE 125; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RNA TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0141888360     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2003.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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