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Renée Morris1, Prachi Mehta2

  • 1Translational Neuroscience Facility, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Sydney, NSW, Australia. renee.morris@unsw.edu.au.

Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)
|January 19, 2018
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Keywords:
Brain-derived neurotrophin factor (BDNF)Gene expressionHigh-quality RNALaser capture microdissection (LCM)Motor neuronsSpinal cordTropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB)

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