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| Title |
Molecular and neural bases underlying roles of BDNF in the control of body weight
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnins.2013.00037 |
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| Authors |
Filip Vanevski, Baoji Xu |
| Abstract |
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a potent regulator of neuronal development and synaptic plasticity that is fundamental to neural circuit formation and cognition. It is also involved in the control of appetite and body weight, with mutations in the genes for BDNF and its receptor, TrkB, resulting in remarkable hyperphagia and severe obesity in humans and mice. Recent studies have made significant progress in elucidating the source, action sites, and regulatory pathways of BDNF with regard to its role in the control of energy homeostasis, and have shed light on the relationships between BDNF and other molecules involved in the control of body weight. Here we provide a comprehensive review of evidence from pharmacological, genetic, and mechanistic studies, linking BDNF to the control of body weight. This review also aims to organize the main findings on this subject into a more refined framework and to discuss the future research directions necessary to advance the field. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 117 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 114 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 16% |
| Researcher | 17 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 22 | 19% |
| Unknown | 27 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 11% |
| Neuroscience | 12 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 10% |
| Psychology | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 10% |
| Unknown | 36 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 June 2014.
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#3,043
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#64
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