During development, promotes the survival and differentiation of selected neuronal populations of the peripheral and central nervous systs. Participates in axonal growth, pathfinding and in the modulation of dendritic growth and morphology. Major regulator of synaptic transmission and plasticity at adult synapses in many regions of the CNS .
Multiple promoters direct tissue-specific expression of the rat BDNF gene.Timmusk T., Palm K., Metsis M., Reintam T., Palme V., Saarma M., Persson H.Neuron 10:475-489(1993)
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