Effects of early visual experience and diurnal rhythms on BDNF mRNA and protein levels in the visual system, hippocampus, and cerebellum

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3923-3931

  Pollock, Graeme S ^a   Vernon, Elizabeth ^b   Forbes, M Elizabeth ^b   Yan, Qiao ^c   Ma, Yun Tao ^a   Hsieh, Ted ^a   Robichon, Regine ^a   Frost, Douglas O ^a   Johnson, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Dark rearing; Deprivation; Development; Hamster; Light rearing; Neurotrophin; Plasticity; Rat; Superior colliculus; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARK ADAPTATION; EXPERIENCE; HAMSTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0035371407     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-11-03923.2001     Document Type: Article

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