Postsynaptic BDNF-TrkB signaling in synapse maturation, plasticity, and disease

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 304-322

  Yoshii, Akira ^a,b   Constantine Paton, Martha ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; LTP; PSD 95; Synaptic tag; TrkB

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTISM; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GENE DISRUPTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SYNAPSES;

EID: 77949754231     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20765     Document Type: Review

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