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Tissue Specific Expression of Cre in Rat Tyrosine Hydroxylase and Dopamine Active Transporter-Positive Neurons.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Liu Zhenyi, Brown Andrew, Fisher Dan, Wu Yumei, Warren Joe, Cui Xiaoxia
Abstract excerpt
The rat is a preferred model system over the mouse for neurological studies, and cell type-specific Cre expression in the rat enables precise ablation of gene function in neurons of interest, which is especially valuable for neurodegenerative disease modeling and optogenetics. Yet, few such Cre rats are available. Here we report the characterization of two Cre rats, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-Cre and dopamine...
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