TrkB receptor signalling: Implications in neurodegenerative, psychiatric and proliferative disorders

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 10122-10142

  Gupta, Vivek K ^a   You, Yuyi ^a   Gupta, Veer Bala ^b   Klistorner, Alexander ^a,c   Graham, Stuart L ^a,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cancer; Glaucoma; Neurodegenerative disorders; Neurotrophins; Psychiatric disorders; Retina; Shp2 phosphatase; TrkB receptor

Indexed keywords

7,8 DIHYDROXYFLAVONE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; K 252A; LITHIUM; MEMANTINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SHP 2;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; GLAUCOMA; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ANIMAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE, NON-RECEPTOR TYPE 11; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84877991755     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140510122     Document Type: Review

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