Probing the transcriptome of neuronal cell types

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 571-576

  Nelson, Sacha B ^a   Hempel, Chris ^a   Sugino, Ken ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BASAL GANGLION; CELL TYPE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNEURON; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33749063646     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2006.08.006     Document Type: Review

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