neurotrophic
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Origin of neurotrophic
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The new study investigates tumor responses to brain-derived neurotrophic factor, or BDNF, a protein that helps enable brain plasticity.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
"There's a tremendous amount of neuroimaging research in the last five to 10 years that shows the neurotrophic hypothesis and neuroplasticity hypothesis are probably even more important than the neuroendocrine ones," Kellner added.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023
The higher the exercise intensity, the greater the levels of neurotrophic factors, Alberts adds.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2022
The glial-cell derived neurotrophic factor is a naturally occurring protein found in our brains, first linked to treating Parkinson's in 1993 and could restore dopamine production in the brain.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2022
Nowhere in this peculiar neurotrophic alteration of the skin, which is identical with those previously produced experimentally, are there traces of inflammation.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
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