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Abstract
A member of the nerve growth factor family of trophic factors. In the brain BDNF has a trophic action on retinal, cholinergic, and dopaminergic neurons, and in the peripheral nervous system it acts on both motor and sensory neurons. (From Kendrew, The Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology, 1994)
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- BDNF
- Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor
- Factor, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic
- Neurotrophic Factor, Brain-Derived
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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97; was BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR 1986-96
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- Nerve Tissue Proteins (1986-1996)
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- National Library of Medicine. Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019208. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019208
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24724261