Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, and their comorbid conditions: Role in pathogenesis and treatment

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 427-437

  Kaplan, Gary B ^a,b   Vasterling, Jennifer J ^a,b   Vedak, Priyanka C ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; D cycloserine; hippocampus; histone deacetylase inhibitors; neurogenesis; plasticity; post traumatic stress disorder; prefrontal cortex; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; CELL REGENERATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 77955981342     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e32833d8bc9     Document Type: Review

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