Targeted knock-down of neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression in basal forebrain with RNA interference.

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Published in J Neurosci Methods on February 28, 2009

Authors

Vasiliki Mahairaki1, Leyan Xu, Mohamed H Farah, Glen Hatfield, Eddy Kizana, Eduardo Marbán, Vassilis E Koliatsos

Author Affiliations

1: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. vmachai1@jhmi.edu

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