Target for Therapy of Cognitive Impairment

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of identifying a gene associated with a desired behavior in a mammal. ; SOLUTION: The method of identifying a gene associated with the desired behavior in a mammal comprises the steps of: (a) providing a test population of mammals having the desired behavior; (b) providing a control population of mammals lacking the desired behavior; (c) isolating and pooling expressed RNA from neural tissue of the test population; (d) isolating and pooling expressed RNA from neural tissue of the control population; (e) determining the level of expression of a plurality of genes in each of the RNA pools created in steps (c) and (d); and, (f) selecting a gene from the plurality of genes, the expression of which differs between the test population and the control population of mammals, wherein the selected gene is a candidate gene associated with the desired behavior. ; COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Patents:
JP 2,010,227,105

Inventor(s): GALLAGHER MICHELA; LUND PAULINE KAY; ROTHSTEIN JEFFREY D

Type of Offer: Licensing



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