Predicted overlapping microRNA regulators of acetylcholine packaging and degradation in neuroinflammation-related disorders

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Nadorp, Bettina ^a   Soreq, Hermona ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetlycholinesterase; Butyrylcholinesterase; Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic signaling; MicroRNA 186; Primate specific microRNAs; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893675797     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2014.00009     Document Type: Article

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