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Genetic variation in brain-derived neurotrophic factor val66met allele is associated with altered serotonin-1A receptor binding in human brain.
NeuroImage - 1 Jul 2014
Lan Martin J, Ogden R Todd, Huang Yung-Yu, Oquendo Maria A, Sullivan Gregory M, Miller Jeffrey, Milak Matthew, Mann J John, Parsey Ramin V
Abstract excerpt
Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) regulates brain synaptic plasticity. BDNF affects serotonin signaling, increases serotonin levels in brain tissue and prevents degeneration of serotonin neurons. These effects have hardly been studied in human brain. We examined the relationship of the functional val66met polymorphism of the BDNF gene to serotonin 1A (5-HT(1A)) receptor binding in vivo. 50 healthy...
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