Viral Vector Approaches in Neurobiology and Brain Diseases

Book Overview

Part I: Types of Viral Vectors in Neuroscience Research

1. Lentiviral Vectors as Research Tools in Neurobiology: Design and Production

Alessandro Papale and Riccardo Brambilla

2. Recombinant Adenovirus in Neurobiology

Qian Li and Tong-Chuan He

3. Adeno-Associated Virus-Based Vectors

Nathalie Dutheil and Erwan Bezard

4. Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1)-Based Vectors

Aldo Pourchet, Matias E. Melendez, Anna Greco, and Alberto L. Epstein

5. Alphavirus-Based Vectors

Kenneth Lundstrom

Part II: Viral Vectors in Memory Research and Psychiatric Diseases

6. Viral Vectors to Study Synaptic Function

H?l?ne Marie

7. Using Viral Vectors to Study the Memory Trace in Mice

Asim J. Rashid, Chen Yan, and Sheena A. Josselyn

8. Development of Cell-Type Specific Viral Vectors to Tease Apart the Neural Circuitry that Contributes to Drug Addiction

Susan M. Ferguson and John F. Neumaier

9. Using Viral-Mediated Gene Transfer to Study Depressive-Like Behavior

Amy R. Furay and John F. Neumaier

Part III: Viral Vectors in Neurological Disorders

10. Gene Therapy for Parkinson's Disease

Erika Elgstrand Wettergren, Luis Quintino, Giuseppe Manfr?, and Cecilia Lundberg

11. Lentiviral Vectors in Huntington's Disease Research and Therapy

Aur?lie Delzor, No?lle Dufour, and Nicole D?glon

12. Application of Viral Vectors to Motor Neuron Disorders

Elisabeth Dirren and Bernard L. Schneider

Part IV: Applications of Viral Vector Technology to Neuroscience Research

13. In Vivo Gene Silencing by Virally Delivered MicroRNA

Eugenia V. Gurevich, Mohamed R. Ahmed, and Yonatan Carl

14. Viral Manipulation of Neural Stem/Precursor Cells

Nunzio Iraci, Giulia Elisabetta Tyzack, Chiara Cossetti, Clara Alfaro-Cervello, and Stefano Pluchino

15. Viral Vector-Based Techniques for Optogenetic Modulation In Vivo

Mathias Mahn, Shiri Ron, and Ofer Yizhar

16. Viral Vectors for Optogenetics of Hypothalamic Neuropeptides

H. Sophie Knobloch, Alexander Charlet, Ron Stoop, and Valery Grinevich

17. Viral Vectors in Primate Research: Examples from Parkinson's Disease Research

Gr?gory Porras, Benjamin Dehay, and Erwan Bezard

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627036091
• ISBN13: 9781627036092
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"