Talk:Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of the Molecular and Cellular Biology WikiProject. To participate, visit the WikiProject for more information. The WikiProject's current monthly collaboration is focused on improving Restriction enzyme. |
||
| Start | This article has been rated as start-Class on the assessment scale. |
||
| Low | This article is on a subject of low-importance within molecular and cellular biology. | ||
|
Article Grading: The article has been rated for quality and/or importance but has no comments yet. If appropriate, please review the article and then leave comments here to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article and what work it will need. |
|||
 |
This article is part of WikiProject Cell Signaling, an attempt to better organise information in articles related to cell signaling and signal transduction. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the Cell Signaling WikiProject project, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. |
| ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale. |
| ??? | This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale. |
Regarding last sentence in Effects of stress... Electro shock therapy? anti depressants help to maintain the brain? whatis this. Sure there has been rumors at short term neurogenesis but the statement says that it helps maintain the brain and NO CITATION!!!!!...
This article claim there is a link between BDNC and baldness. I kind of felt that is far fetched and may provoke edit war if inserted on the front page. I however, feel it may be worth analysis by some medical oriented wikipedian [1]
---
It would be nice to know or have links to BDNF suppliers, or more detailed information on the manufacturing process. Current prices vary but 220 dollars US for 10 micrograms makes therputic applications of this protein prohibitively expensive. Also, from a chemistry standpoint BDNF is too complicated to synthesize. Other routes must be found to synthesize this high molecular weight protein. Why arent more people proposing this as an interim solution to neurocognitive theraputics in the abscence of stem cell therapy?
The only antidepressant that restores brain derived neurophic gene expression is the new drug stablon, a serotonin reuptake enhancer.
I would like to see proof that ssris actually restore brain derived neurophic gene expression, as opposed to actually making it worse.
SSRIs have been proven by the FDA to perminantly desnsitize 5HTP receptors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.170.39.35 (talk) 12:42, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
