BDNF: A Key Factor with Multipotent Impact on Brain Signaling and Synaptic Plasticity

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 579-593

  Kowiański, Przemysław ^a,b   Lietzau, Grażyna ^a   Czuba, Ewelina ^a   Waśkow, Monika ^b   Steliga, Aleksandra ^b   Moryś, Janusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY IN S UPSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cognition; Development; Neurotrophin; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ISOPROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR;

BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 85020514930     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-017-0510-4     Document Type: Review

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