Virus-delivered RNA interference in mouse brain to study addiction-related behaviors

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 602, Issue , 2010, Pages 283-298

  Lasek, Amy W ^a   Azouaou, Nourredine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

drug addiction; Lentivirus; mouse models; RNA interference; stereotaxic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LENTIVIRUS; MUS;

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ADDICTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; GENE SILENCING; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; LENTIVIRINAE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77449145200     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-058-8_17     Document Type: Article

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