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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Johannes Schwarz, Leipzig, DE;
Ching-Kang Chen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Melvin I. Simon, San Marino, CA (US);
Henry Lester, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; G01N 3/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; G01N 3/300 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an animal model for studying behavior related to RGS9 and RGS9 modulated dopamine D2-mediated behavior. The invention provides transgenic non-human animals in which RGS9 expression is disrupted, methods of using such animals, and methods of modulating dopamine D2-mediated behavior.