BDNF and epilepsy: Too much of a good thing?

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-53

  Binder, D K ^a   Croll, S D ^a   Gall, C M ^a   Scharfman, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; K 252A; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR 3; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR 4; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR 5; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR 6; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KINDLING; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0035054951     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(00)01682-9     Document Type: Review

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