Evidence that brain-derived neurotrophic factor is required for basal neurogenesis and mediates, in part, the enhancement of neurogenesis by dietary restriction in the hippocampus of adult mice

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1367-1375

  Lee, Jaewon ^a,b   Duan, Wenzhen ^a   Mattson, Mark P ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caloric restriction; Dentate gyrus; Neurotrophic factor; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BROXURIDINE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET RESTRICTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; DENTATE GYRUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0036734833     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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