Glutamatergic or GABAergic neuron-specific, long-term expression in neocortical neurons from helper virus-free HSV-1 vectors containing the phosphate-activated glutaminase, vesicular glutamate transporter-1, or glutamic acid decarboxylase promoter

Brain Research

Volumn 1144, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-32

  Rasmussen, Morten ^a   Kong, Lingxin ^a   Zhang, Guo rong ^a   Liu, Meng ^a   Wang, Xiaodan ^a   Szabo, Gabor ^b   Curthoys, Norman P ^c   Geller, Alfred I ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical neuron; GABAergic neuron specific expression long term expression; Glutamatergic neuron specific expression; Herpes simplex virus vector

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL CULTURE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE LAC Z; GENE THERAPY; GLS1 GENE; HELPER VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HIPPOCAMPUS; KIDNEY CELL; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CRICETINAE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 33947314352     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.01.125     Document Type: Article

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