Investigating differential regulation of BDNF promoter IV activity by upstream polymorphic evolutionary conserved regions : implications for mood disorders and cognitive disfunction
Major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) are psychiatric diseases that affect behavior and impair cognition. A gene important to these disorders is the brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) which is involved in processes controlling neuroplasticity. Previous studies have suggeste...
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University of Aberdeen
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.554216 |