BDNF function and intracellular signaling in neurons

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-258

  Numakawa, Tadahiro ^a   Suzuki, Shingo ^b   Kumamaru, Emi ^a   Adachi, Naoki ^a,c   Richards, Misty ^a,d   Kunugi, Hiroshi ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF regulator; BDNF secretion; Cholesterol metabolism; Mental illness; Morphological changes; Synaptic function

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURITE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLESTEROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURITES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 74449091832     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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