MicroRNAs in brain function and disease

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 190-197

  Kuss, Andreas Walter ^a   Chen, Wei ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' O METHYL OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; ANTAGOMIR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MICRORNA; NUCLEOTIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGENESIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BRAIN; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MICRORNAS;

EID: 49649104486     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-008-0031-0     Document Type: Review

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