Abstract
Traditional neurochemical approaches to the study of the brain have been based upon detection and measurements of various aspects of proteins, including their distribution, abundance, and functional properties. With the advent of molecular biology, powerful tools are now available also for investigating the genes that encode these proteins. However, there is a considerable potential gulf in understanding between a gene and its protein product. This volume of Basic and Clinical Aspects of Neuroscience attempts to bridge this gap by highlighting gene expression, the pathway along which the genetic information contained in DNA is realized through the synthesis of proteins.
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Harrison, P.J. (1994). Introduction: Gene Expression in the Brain. In: Harrison, P.J. (eds) Regulation of Gene Expression and Brain Function. Basic and Clinical Aspects of Neuroscience, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78458-3_1
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