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World J Biol Chem. May 26, 2010; 1(5): 133-143
Published online May 26, 2010. doi: 10.4331/wjbc.v1.i5.133
Published online May 26, 2010. doi: 10.4331/wjbc.v1.i5.133
Functional interactions between steroid hormones and neurotrophin BDNF
Tadahiro Numakawa, Misty Richards, Hiroaki Hori, Naoki Adachi, Hiroshi Kunugi, Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, 187-8502, Japan
Tadahiro Numakawa, Naoki Adachi, Hiroshi Kunugi, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology Program, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
Daisaku Yokomaku, Brain Research Centre and Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2B5, Canada
Misty Richards, The Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, United States
Author contributions: Numakawa T performed the research; Numakawa T, Yokomaku D, Hori H and Adachi N wrote the paper; Numakawa T, Richards M and Kunugi H edited the paper.
Supported by Research Grants for Nervous and Mental Disorders from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; Health and Labor Sciences Research Grants (Research on Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases and Mental Health); Health and Labor Sciences Research Grants, a grant from the Japan Foundation for Neuroscience and Mental Health; the Program for Promotion of Fundamental Studies in Health Sciences of the National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (Kunugi H), and a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A) (21680034) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (Numakawa T)
Correspondence to: Tadahiro Numakawa, PhD, Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan. numakawa@ncnp.go.jp
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Received: April 23, 2010
Revised: May 20, 2010
Accepted: May 24, 2010
Published online: May 26, 2010
Revised: May 20, 2010
Accepted: May 24, 2010
Published online: May 26, 2010
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