PMID- 23254191 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130212 LR - 20220408 IS - 1471-0048 (Electronic) IS - 1471-003X (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 1 DP - 2013 Jan TI - Neurotrophin regulation of neural circuit development and function. PG - 7-23 LID - 10.1038/nrn3379 [doi] AB - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)--a member of a small family of secreted proteins that includes nerve growth factor, neurotrophin 3 and neurotrophin 4--has emerged as a key regulator of neural circuit development and function. The expression, secretion and actions of BDNF are directly controlled by neural activity, and secreted BDNF is capable of mediating many activity-dependent processes in the mammalian brain, including neuronal differentiation and growth, synapse formation and plasticity, and higher cognitive functions. This Review summarizes some of the recent progress in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neurotrophin regulation of neural circuits. The focus of the article is on BDNF, as this is the most widely expressed and studied neurotrophin in the mammalian brain. FAU - Park, Hyungju AU - Park H AD - Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. FAU - Poo, Mu-ming AU - Poo MM LA - eng GR - EY014979/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States GR - NS 036999/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - England TA - Nat Rev Neurosci JT - Nature reviews. Neuroscience JID - 100962781 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Brain/cytology/growth & development/metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Nerve Net/*physiology MH - Neurons/*metabolism MH - Synapses/physiology EDAT- 2012/12/21 06:00 MHDA- 2013/02/13 06:00 CRDT- 2012/12/21 06:00 PHST- 2012/12/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/12/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/02/13 06:00 [medline] AID - nrn3379 [pii] AID - 10.1038/nrn3379 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Rev Neurosci. 2013 Jan;14(1):7-23. doi: 10.1038/nrn3379.