Toward a unified biological hypothesis for the BDNF Val66Met-associated memory deficits in humans: A model of impaired dendritic mRNA trafficking

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Baj, Gabriele ^a   Carlino, Davide ^a   Gardossi, Lucia ^a   Tongiorgi, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDNF; Dendritic mRNA trafficking; Hippocampus atrophy; Memory deficits; Neurotrophins; Post traumatic stress disorder; Regulated protein secretion

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMNESIA; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84967190674     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00188     Document Type: Review

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