Direct MRI-guided stereotaxic viral mediated gene transfer of alpha-synuclein in the göttingen minipig CNS

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 508-518

  Glud, Andreas Nørgaard ^a,b   Hedegaard, Claus ^c   Nielsen, Mette Slot ^a   Sørensen, Jens Christian ^b   Bendixen, Christian ^c   Jensen, Poul Henning ^a   Mogensen, Poul Henning ^d   Larsen, Knud ^c   Bjarkam, Carsten Reidies ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^d Hammel Neurorehabilitation Centre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal model; Gene therapy; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra; Sus scrofa; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MINIPIG; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SWINE;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 84855786923     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 16890035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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