Imaging Gene Expression in Regional Brain Ischemia in Vivo with a Targeted [In]-Antisense Radiopharmaceutical

The gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is down-regulated 24 hr after reversible brain ischemia, such as with a middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). The in vivo imaging of decreased GFAP gene expression in cerebral ischemia was examined in the present studies using a targeted pe...

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Main Authors: Toyofumi Suzuki, Yun Zhang, Yu-feng Zhang, Felix Schlachetzki, William M. Pardridge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2004-10-01
Series:Molecular Imaging
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1162/15353500200404145