In the brains of humans and non-human primates, over 100 billion nerve cells build up complicated neural circuits and produce higher brain functions. When an attempt is made to perform gene therapy for neurological diseases like Parkinson’s disease, it is necessary to specify a responsible neural circuit out of many complicated circuits. Until now, however, it was difficult to introduce a target gene into this particular circuit selectively.
View the original article here: Transgenic technique to ‘eliminate’ a specific neural circuit of the brain in primates
Transgenic technique to ‘eliminate’ a specific neural circuit of the brain in primates
Genetics Times | July 9, 2012
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