BDNF signaling in context: From synaptic regulation to psychiatric disorders

CS Wang, ET Kavalali, LM Monteggia - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a neuropeptide that plays numerous important
roles in synaptic development and plasticity. While its importance in fundamental physiology …

Neurotrophic factor BDNF, physiological functions and therapeutic potential in depression, neurodegeneration and brain cancer

L Colucci-D'Amato, L Speranza, F Volpicelli - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is one of the most distributed and extensively
studied neurotrophins in the mammalian brain. BDNF signals through the tropomycin …

The physiology of regulated BDNF release

T Brigadski, V Leßmann - Cell and Tissue Research, 2020 - Springer
The neurotrophic factor BDNF is an important regulator for the development of brain circuits,
for synaptic and neuronal network plasticity, as well as for neuroregeneration and …

Molecular mechanisms of early and late LTP

SB Baltaci, R Mogulkoc, AK Baltaci - Neurochemical research, 2019 - Springer
LTP is the most intensively studied cellular model of the memory and generally divided at
least two distinct phases as early and late. E-LTP requires activation of CaMKII that initiates …

Targeting homeostatic synaptic plasticity for treatment of mood disorders

ET Kavalali, LM Monteggia - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Ketamine exerts rapid antidepressant action in depressed and treatment-resistant
depressed patients within hours. At the same time, ketamine elicits a unique form of …

[HTML][HTML] Pleiotropic effects of BDNF on the cerebellum and hippocampus: Implications for neurodevelopmental disorders

S Camuso, P La Rosa, MT Fiorenza, S Canterini - Neurobiology of disease, 2022 - Elsevier
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is one of the most studied neurotrophins in the
mammalian brain, essential not only to the development of the central nervous system but …

Ketamine and rapid antidepressant action: new treatments and novel synaptic signaling mechanisms

JH Krystal, ET Kavalali, LM Monteggia - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2024 - nature.com
Ketamine is an open channel blocker of ionotropic glutamatergic N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
(NMDA) receptors. The discovery of its rapid antidepressant effects in patients with …

Mechanisms that modulate and diversify BDNF functions: implications for hippocampal synaptic plasticity

AP De Vincenti, AS Ríos, G Paratcha… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a neurotrophin that has pleiotropic effects on
neuronal morphology and synaptic plasticity that underlie hippocampal circuit development …

The role of neurotrophin signaling in age-related cognitive decline and cognitive diseases

T Numakawa, H Odaka - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neurotrophins are a family of secreted proteins expressed in the peripheral nervous system
and the central nervous system that support neuronal survival, synaptic plasticity, and …

A synaptic locus for TrkB signaling underlying ketamine rapid antidepressant action

PY Lin, ZZ Ma, M Mahgoub, ET Kavalali, LM Monteggia - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Ketamine produces rapid antidepressant action in patients with major depression or
treatment-resistant depression. Studies have identified brain-derived neurotrophic factor …