microRNAs in neurodegeneration

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 292-296

  Bushati, Natascha ^a   Cohen, Stephen M ^a  

^a TEMASEK LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; ATAXIN 3; MICRORNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NERVE DEGENERATION;

EID: 53949091244     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.07.001     Document Type: Review

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