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Acute stress induces an aberrant increase of presynaptic release of glutamate and cellular activation in the hippocampus of BDNFVal/Met mice.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Oct 2022
Musazzi Laura, Tornese Paolo, Sala Nathalie, Lee Francis S, Popoli Maurizio, Ieraci Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
Stressful life events are considered major risk factors for the development of several psychiatric disorders, though people differentially cope with stress. The reasons for this are still largely unknown but could be accounted for by individual genetic variants, previous life events, or the kind of stressors. The human brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met variant, which was found to impair...
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