Computer Simulations Support a Morphological Contribution to BDNF Enhancement of Action Potential Generation

Abstract Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) regulates both action potential (AP) generation and neuron morphology. However, whether BDNF-induced changes in neuron morphology directly impact AP generation is unclear. We quantified BDNF’s effect on cultured cortical neuron morphological paramete...

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Main Authors: Domenico F Galati, Brian Gibson Hiester, Kevin Robert Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2016.00209/full