Front Cover -- Foreword -- Preface -- The Editors -- Table of Contents -- 1. Gene-Environment Interaction and Complex Behavior -- 2. Current Perspectives on the Genetic Analysis of Naturally Occurring Neurological Mutations in Mice -- 3. Conditional and Inducible Gene Targeting in the Nervous System -- 4. Functional Identification of Neural Genes -- 5. Studying Brain Development and Wiring Using a Modified Gene Trap Approach -- 6. N-Ethyl-N-Nitrosourea Mutagenesis: Functional Analysis of the Mouse Nervous System and Behavior -- 7. DNA Arrays and Gene Expression Analysis in the Brain -- 8. DNA Microarrays and Human Brain Disorders -- 9. Full-Length cDNA Libraries: Reagents for Functional Studies of the Nervous System -- 10. Methods for Gene Delivery to Neural Tissue -- 11. Neural Stem Cells and Brain Repair -- 12. Statistical Methods to Discover Susceptibility Genes for Nervous System Diseases -- 13. Genetic Variation Analysis of Neuropsychiatric Traits
Summary
This text provides newcomers and experienced researchers with a text discussing how to apply powerful, state-of-the-art molecular genetic techniques to the study of nervous system functions and complex behaviours
