Brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism, human memory, and synaptic neuroplasticity

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 97-108

  Lamb, Yvette N ^a   Mckay, Nicole S ^a   Thompson, Christopher S ^a   Hamm, Jeffrey P ^a   Waldie, Karen E ^a   Kirk, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84922667755     PISSN: 19395078     EISSN: 19395086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1334     Document Type: Review

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