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Comparison of Reference Genes for Transcriptional Studies in Postmortem Human Brain Tissue Under Different Conditions

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This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81271239, 81771205, and 91632113), the Natural Science Foundation and Major Basic Research Program of Shanghai Municipality, China (16JC1420500 and 16JC1420502), and the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (2017-I2M-3-008). This work was also sponsored by the China Human Brain Bank Consortium.

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  1. Department of Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China

    Qing Zhang, Fan Liu, Qian Yang, Pan Liu, Tianyi Sun, Chao Ma, Wenying Qiu & Xiaojing Qian

  2. Joint Laboratory of Anesthesia and Pain, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China

    Qing Zhang, Hanlin Zhang, Fan Liu, Qian Yang, Kang Chen, Pan Liu, Tianyi Sun & Chao Ma

  3. Eight-Year MD Program, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China

    Hanlin Zhang & Kang Chen

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Zhang, Q., Zhang, H., Liu, F. et al. Comparison of Reference Genes for Transcriptional Studies in Postmortem Human Brain Tissue Under Different Conditions. Neurosci. Bull. 35, 225–228 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-018-0309-4

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