The Role of microRNAs in Drug Addiction. A Big Lesson from Tiny Molecules

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 91, Issue C, 2010, Pages 1-24

  Pietrzykowski, Andrzej Zbigniew ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; BK channel; Gene regulation; MicroRNA; MiR 9; Non coding RNA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 153; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 335; MICRORNA 9; SYNAPTOJANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOLISM; BOOK; BRAIN FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77956156581     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(10)91001-5     Document Type: Chapter

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