Therapeutic potential of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and a small molecular mimics of BDNF for traumatic brain injury

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 7-12

  Wurzelmann, Mary ^a   Romeika, Jennifer ^a   Sun, Dong ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

7,8 dihydroxyflavone; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Neuroprotection; Neuroregeneration; Traumatic brain injury; Tropomyosin related kinase B (TrkB) receptor

Indexed keywords

7,8 DIHYDROXYFLAVONE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FLAVONOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA; PROCASPASE 9; PROTEIN BCL 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDOSOME; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UPREGULATION;

EID: 85011954306     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.198964     Document Type: Review

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