In utero electroporation as a tool for genetic manipulation in vivo to study psychiatric disorders: From genes to circuits and behaviors

Neuroscientist

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-179

  Taniguchi, Yu ^a   Young Pearse, Tracy ^b   Sawa, Akira ^a   Kamiya, Atsushi ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

brain development; genetic manipulation; genetic risk factors; in utero electroporation; major mental disorder

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859327978     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858411399925     Document Type: Review

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