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Anxiety Disorders Genetics

Studies from Institute of Developmental Genetics in the area of anxiety disorders genetics described

Published in Genomics and Genetics Weekly, March 20th, 2009

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Local knockdown of ERK2 in the adult mouse brain via adeno-associated virus-mediated RNA interference.' According to a study from Neuherberg, Germany, "In recent years RNA interference (RNAi) has become a useful genetic tool to downregulate candidate disease genes for which pharmaceutical inhibitors are not available. In combination with viral vectors to trigger RNAi in the mammalian body, it allows the localized and specific manipulation of the expression of single or multiple genes in vivo."

"The MAP kinases ERK1 and ERK2 are involved in the transduction of extracellular signals to nuclear effectors. A role for ERKs has...

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