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material entity > biological material entity > neurotrophin > brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Preferred term

brain-derived neurotrophic factor  

Definition

  • “a member of a family of neurotrophic factors critically involved in regulating the survival and differentiation of neuronal populations during development [and] the structure and functions of different neuronal circuits throughout life.“ (Bekinschtein et al., 2014, p. 677).

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • abrineurin
  • BDNF

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Bekinschtein, P., Cammarota, M., & Medina, J. H. (2014). BDNF and memory processing. Neuropharmacology, 76, 677–683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.04.024

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Miranda, M., Morici, J. F., Zanoni, M. B., & Bekinschtein, P. (2019). Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor : A key molecule for memory in the healthy and the pathological brain. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2019.00363

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-FLCSWJN7-5

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