MicroRNA function in neuronal development, plasticity and disease

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1779, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 471-478

  Fiore, Roberto ^a   Siegel, Gabriele ^a   Schratt, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differentiation; MicroRNA; Nervous system; Neurological disease; Synapse

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS;

EID: 49749147199     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2007.12.006     Document Type: Review

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