Alterations in trkB mRNA in the human prefrontal cortex throughout the lifespan

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 269-280

  Romanczyk, T B ^a   Weickert, Cynthia Shannon ^a   Webster, M J ^b   Herman, M M ^a   Akil, M ^a   Kleinman, J E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; BDNF receptor; Development; Gene expression; Growth factor; Neurotrophin; Postmortem; Puberty; Senescence; Truncated trkB

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RNA EXTRACTION; RODENT; TRKB GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0036460806     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01858.x     Document Type: Article

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