Aging is one of the greatest risk factors for the development of sporadic age-related
neurodegenerative diseases and neuroinflammation is a common feature of this disease …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) decreases food intake and body weight, but few
central sites of action have been identified for its effect on energy expenditure. The …

Acute or chronic stress can alter hippocampal structure, cause neuronal damage, and
decrease hippocampal levels of the neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) …

It is known that children of lower socioeconomic status have a disproportionately higher risk
of being exposed to lead and have a more negative outcome from that exposure than …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) supports survival of 50% of visceral afferent
neurons in the nodose/petrosal sensory ganglion complex (NPG;;;;;), including arterial …

The expression of mRNA coding for brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and for its
functional receptor, the full-length tyrosine kinase receptor trkB (trkB mRNA), was examined …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, basic fibroblast growth factor and des (1-3)-insulin-like
growth factor-1, a brain specific form of insulin-like growth factor-1, were analysed, in the rat …

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are the most prevalent set of pediatric neurobiological
disorders. The etiology of ASD has both genetic and environmental components including …

There are two populations of neurons which are continually renewed in the adult, the
dentate gyrus granule neurons and the olfactory bulb granule and periglomerular neurons …

Levels of messenger RNA for nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor,
neurotrophin-3, and the tyrosine kinase receptors trakA, trkB and trkC have been studied …