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Variant brain-derived neurotrophic factor (Val66Met) alters adult olfactory bulb neurogenesis and spontaneous olfactory discrimination.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 5 Mar 2008
Bath Kevin G, Mandairon Nathalie, Jing Deqiang, Rajagopal Rithwick, Kapoor Ruchi, Chen Zhe-Yu, Khan Tanvir, Proenca Catia C, Kraemer Rosemary, Cleland Thomas A, Hempstead Barbara L, Chao Moses V, Lee Francis S
Abstract excerpt
Neurogenesis, the division, migration, and differentiation of new neurons, occurs throughout life. Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been identified as a potential signaling molecule regulating neurogenesis in the subventricular zone (SVZ), but its functional consequences in vivo have not been well defined. We report marked and unexpected deficits in survival but not proliferation of newly born cells...
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