Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in urinary continence and incontinence
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor:
Dekan Summary BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) plays an important role in neuronal survival, growth and maintenance of several neuronal systems, serves as neurotransmitter modulator and participates in plasticity important for learning and memory. BDNF is widely expressed in the CNS, beginning early in development and extending throughout life. In the mammalian brain, it is most abundan...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Urology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1759-4812,1759-4820
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2014.244