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Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins » Nerve Growth Factors » Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins » Nerve Growth Factors » Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Nerve Tissue Proteins » Nerve Growth Factors » Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Biological Factors [D23] » Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins » Nerve Growth Factors » Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
Description
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) MeSH
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