BDNF and synaptic plasticity, cognitive function, and dysfunction

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue , 2015, Pages 223-250

  Lu, B ^a   Nagappan, G ^a   Lu, Y ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; MRNA trafficking; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA1; PLASMIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BDNF GENE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; GENETICS; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84900530338     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45106-5_9     Document Type: Article

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