Role of EGFR in the Nervous System

R Romano, C Bucci - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is the first discovered member of the receptor
tyrosine kinase superfamily and plays a fundamental role during embryogenesis and in …

The cellular and molecular basis of somatosensory neuron development

S Meltzer, C Santiago, N Sharma, DD Ginty - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Primary somatosensory neurons convey salient information about our external environment
and internal state to the CNS, allowing us to detect, perceive, and react to a wide range of …

Neurotrophin signalling: novel insights into mechanisms and pathophysiology

M Mitre, A Mariga, MV Chao - Clinical science, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Neurotrophins, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), are prominent regulators
of neuronal survival, growth and differentiation during development. While trophic factors are …

Neurotrophins and their receptors: a convergence point for many signalling pathways

MV Chao - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2003 - nature.com
The neurotrophins are a family of proteins that are essential for the development of the
vertebrate nervous system. Each neurotrophin can signal through two different types of cell …

[HTML][HTML] Brain-derived neurotrophic factor

DK Binder, HE Scharfman - Growth factors (Chur, Switzerland), 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nerve growth factor (NGF) was discovered in the early 1950s due to its trophic (survival-and
growth-promoting) effects on sensory and sympathetic neurons (Levi-Montalcini and …

Neurotrophic factors: an overview

SD Skaper - Neurotrophic Factors: Methods and Protocols, 2018 - Springer
The neurotrophins are a family of closely related proteins that were first identified as survival
factors for sympathetic and sensory neurons and have since been shown to control a …

Gene regulation and DNA damage in the ageing human brain

T Lu, Y Pan, SY Kao, C Li, I Kohane, J Chan… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
The ageing of the human brain is a cause of cognitive decline in the elderly and the major
risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. The time in life when brain ageing begins is undefined …

Cell-signalling dynamics in time and space

BN Kholodenko - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2006 - nature.com
The specificity of cellular responses to receptor stimulation is encoded by the spatial and
temporal dynamics of downstream signalling networks. Temporal dynamics are coupled to …

BDNF function in adult synaptic plasticity: the synaptic consolidation hypothesis

CR Bramham, E Messaoudi - Progress in neurobiology, 2005 - Elsevier
Interest in BDNF as an activity-dependent modulator of neuronal structure and function in
the adult brain has intensified in recent years. Localization of BDNF-TrkB to glutamate …

The neurotrophin family of neurotrophic factors: an overview

SD Skaper - Neurotrophic factors: Methods and protocols, 2012 - Springer
The neurotrophins are a family of closely related proteins that were first identified as survival
factors for sympathetic and sensory neurons and have since been shown to control a …