A quantitative transcriptome reference map of the normal human brain

Neurogenetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 267-287

  Caracausi, Maria ^a   Vitale, Lorenza ^a   Pelleri, Maria Chiara ^a   Piovesan, Allison ^a   Bruno, Samantha ^a   Strippoli, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene expression profile; Human brain; Integrated transcriptome reference map; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRISOMY 21; BRAIN; FACTUAL DATABASE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84919443993     PISSN: 13646745     EISSN: 13646753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10048-014-0419-8     Document Type: Article

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