Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, behavior, and new directions for the treatment of mental disorders

Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-118

  Russo Neustadt, Amelia ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NEUROTROPHIN; SEROTONIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REVIEW; STRESS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; BRAIN; CALORIC INTAKE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037563890     PISSN: 10843612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/scnp.2003.50014     Document Type: Review

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