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BDNF Variants May Modulate Long-Term Visual Memory Performance in a Healthy Cohort.
International journal of molecular sciences - 17 Mar 2017
Avgan Nesli, Sutherland Heidi G, Spriggens Lauren K, Yu Chieh, Ibrahim Omar, Bellis Claire, Haupt Larisa M, Shum David H K, Griffiths Lyn R
Abstract excerpt
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is involved in numerous cognitive functions including learning and memory. BDNF plays an important role in synaptic plasticity in humans and rats with BDNF shown to be essential for the formation of long-term memories. We previously identified a significant association between the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism (rs6265) and long-term visual memory (p-value = 0.003) in a small...
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