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BDNF controls dopamine D3 receptor expression and triggers behavioural sensitization.
Nature - 3 May 2001
Guillin O, Diaz J, Carroll P, Griffon N, Schwartz J C, Sokoloff P
Abstract excerpt
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), like other neurotrophins, is a polypeptidic factor initially regarded to be responsible for neuron proliferation, differentiation and survival, through its uptake at nerve terminals and retrograde transport to the cell body. A more diverse role for BDNF has emerged progressively from observations showing that it is also transported anterogradely, is released on neuron...
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