brain-derived neurotrophic factor
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factor
noun[C]
uk/ˈfæk.tər/us/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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Brain-derivedneurotrophicfactormodulates the development of the dopaminergic network in the rodent retina.
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Heterozygous knock-out mice for brain-derivedneurotrophicfactorshow a pathway-specific impairment of long-term potentiation but normal critical period for monocular deprivation.
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Brain-derivedneurotrophicfactor-deficient mice develop aggressiveness and hyperphagia in conjunction with brain serotonergic abnormalities.
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Decreased levels of serum brain-derivedneurotrophicfactorin female patients with eating disorders.
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Exercise reverses the harmful effects of consumption of a high-fat diet on synaptic and behavioral plasticity associated to the action of brain-derivedneurotrophicfactor.
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Decreased serum brain-derivedneurotrophicfactorlevels in major depressed patients.
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Local and target-derived brain-derivedneurotrophicfactorexer t opposing effects on the dendritic arborization of retinal ganglion cells in vivo.
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Neuroprotection by brain-derivedneurotrophicfactoris mediated by extracellular signal-regulated kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
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Excess target-derived brain-derivedneurotrophicfactorpreserves the transient uncrossed retinal projection to the superior colliculus.
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Quetiapine attenuates the immobilization stress-induced decrease of brain-derivedneurotrophicfactorexpression in rat hippocampus.
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These data raise the question of whyneurotrophicfactorincreases would be associated with cell loss rather than neuroprotection.
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Brain-derivedneurotrophicfactorproduces antidepressant effects in behavioral models of depression.
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Mechanism by which brain-derivedneurotrophicfactorincreases dopamine release from the rabbit retina.
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Brain-derivedneurotrophicfactorregulates glucose metabolism by modulating energy balance in diabetic mice.
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Conditional deletion of brain-derivedneurotrophicfactorin the postnatal brain leads to obesity and hyperactivity.
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The involvement of brain-derivedneurotrophicfactorin hippocampal long-term potentiation revealed by gene targeting experiments.
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Brain-derivedneurotrophicfactorregulates energy expenditure through the central nervous system in obese diabetic mice.
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