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Genetic variation on the BDNF gene is not associated with differences in white matter tracts in healthy humans measured by tract-based spatial statistics.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Nov 2010
Montag C, Schoene-Bake J-C, Faber J, Reuter M, Weber B
Abstract excerpt
The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of the neurotrophin family and involved in nerve growth and survival. It has also become a major research focus in the investigation of both cognitive and affective processes in the human brain in the last years. Especially, a single nucleotide polymorphism on the BDNF gene called BDNF Val66Met gained a lot of attention, because of its effect on...
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