Possible involvement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in eating disorders

IUBMB Life

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 355-361

  Nakazato, Michiko ^a,b   Hashimoto, Kenji ^c   Shimizu, Eiji ^a   Niitsu, Tomihisa ^a   Iyo, Masaomi ^a,b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Biological marker; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorders; Recovery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EATING DISORDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COMORBIDITY; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS;

MUS;

EID: 84859801638     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1012     Document Type: Review

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