Gene transfer in the nervous system and implications for transsynaptic neuronal tracing

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 763-772

  Huh, Youngbuhm ^a   Oh, Myung S ^a   Leblanc, Pierre ^b   Kim, Kwang Soo ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell type specific promoter; Gene transfer; Neuronal circuitry; Transsynaptic tracer

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CALBINDIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; GONADORELIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NORADRENALIN; OREXIN; TETANUS TOXIN; VIRUS VECTOR; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRACING; HUMAN; LOXP SITE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASTE BUD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SYNAPSES; TETANUS TOXIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77951099804     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712591003796538     Document Type: Review

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