Role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and NF-κB in neuronal plasticity and survival: From genes to phenotype

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-130

  Marini, Ann M ^a   Jiang, Xueying ^a   Wu, Xuan ^a   Tian, Feng ^b   Zhu, Daming ^a   Okagaki, Peter ^a   Lipsky, Robert H ^a,b  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BINDING PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CELL SURVIVAL; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; EXERCISE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NF-KAPPA B; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 3042700000     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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