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Activity-dependent synaptic plasticity: a new face of action for neurotrophins

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Hippocampal slices from BDNF knock-out mice show severely impaired long-term potentiation (LTP) which can be ‘rescued’ by reintroducing the BDNF-gene by means of an adenoviral vector.

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  1. Max-Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Neurophysiology, Am Klopferspitz 18A, Munich, Martinsried, D-8Z152, Germany

    M Korte & T Bonhoeffer

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Korte, M., Bonhoeffer, T. Activity-dependent synaptic plasticity: a new face of action for neurotrophins. Mol Psychiatry 2, 197–199 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4000245

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