Variant BDNF (Val66Met) impact on brain structure and function

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-85

  Bath, Kevin G ^a   Lee, Francis S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; METHIONINE; NEUROTROPHIN; POLYPEPTIDE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BDNF GENE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; METHIONINE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; VALINE;

EID: 33747320473     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.6.1.79     Document Type: Review

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