The skinny on brain-derived neurotrophic factor: Evidence from animal models to GWAS

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1241-1247

  Waterhouse, Emily G ^a   Xu, Baoji ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Human obesity; Hypothalamus; Single nucleotide polymorphism; TrkB

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; METHIONINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECOMBINANT BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; VALINE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AREA POSTREMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; POLYADENYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMITH MAGENIS SYNDROME; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84888637403     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-013-1071-8     Document Type: Review

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