The use of lentiviral vectors and Cre/loxP to investigate the function of genes in complex behaviors

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Heldt, Scott A ^a   Ressler, Kerry J ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Fear; Gene therapy; Hippocampus; Inducible knockout; Lentivirus; PTSD

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMPLEX BEHAVIOR; CRE/LOXP RECOMBINATION SYSTEM; FEAR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS; TRANSGENE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

EID: 79952650372     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.02.022.2009     Document Type: Article

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