Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) prevents the degeneration of medial septal cholinergic neurons following fimbria transection

Central cholinergic pathways in the rat: An overview based on an alternative nomenclature (Ch1–Ch6)

1983 • 2,305 citations

Nerve growth factor promotes survival of septal cholinergic neurons after fimbrial transections

1986 • 1,458 citations

Molecular cloning and expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor

1989 • 1,453 citations

NT-3, BDNF, and NGF in the developing rat nervous system: Parallel as well as reciprocal patterns of expression

1990 • 1,238 citations

Identification and characterization of a novel member of the nerve growth factor/brain-derived neurotrophic factor family

1990 • 1,140 citations

Continuous infusion of nerve growth factor prevents basal forebrain neuronal death after fimbria fornix transection.

1986 • 1,063 citations

Regional distribution of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in the adult mouse brain.

1990 • 993 citations

Evolutionary studies of the nerve growth factor family reveal a novel member abundantly expressed in xenopus ovary

1991 • 836 citations

trkB encodes a functional receptor for brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 but not nerve growth factor

1991 • 830 citations

The neurotrophic factors brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 are ligands for the trkB tyrosine kinase receptor

1991 • 819 citations

Identification of cells in rat brain and peripheral tissues expressing mRNA for members of the nerve growth factor family

1990 • 817 citations

The neurotrophins BDNF, NT-3, and NGF display distinct patterns of retrograde axonal transport in peripheral and central neurons

1992 • 752 citations

The trkB tyrosine protein kinase gene codes for a second neurogenic receptor that lacks the catalytic kinase domain

1990 • 748 citations

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor increases survival and differentiated functions of rat septal cholinergic neurons in culture

1990 • 684 citations

Promotion of central cholinergic and dopaminergic neuron differentiation by brain-derived neurotrophic factor but not neurotrophin 3.

1991 • 610 citations

trkB, a novel tyrosine protein kinase receptor expressed during mouse neural development.

1989 • 604 citations

Specific retrograde transport of nerve growth factor (NGF) from neocortex to nucleus basalis in the rat

1984 • 598 citations

Primary structure and biological activity of a novel human neurotrophic factor

1990 • 553 citations

The trk tyrosine protein kinase mediates the mitogenic properties of nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3

1991 • 530 citations

Widespread Expression of BDNF But Not NT3 by Target Areas of Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Neurons

1990 • 529 citations

A monoclonal antibody modulates the interaction of nerve growth factor with PC12 cells.

1984 • 503 citations

Topographic analysis of the innervation of the rat neocortex and hippocampus by the basal forebrain cholinergic system

1983 • 461 citations

A modified histochemical technique to visualize acetylcholinesterase-containing axons.

1985 • 441 citations

Nerve growth factor (NGF) in the rat CNS: Absence of specific retrograde axonal transport and tyrosine hydroxylase induction in locus coeruleus and substantia nigra

1979 • 422 citations

Cellular localization of nerve growth factor synthesis by in situ hybridization.

1987 • 345 citations

Nerve growth factor mRNA in peripheral and central rat tissues and in the human central nervous system: Lesion effects in the rat brain and levels in Alzheimer's disease

1986 • 335 citations

Cultured hippocampal neurons show responses to BDNF, NT-3, and NT-4, but not NGF

1993 • 333 citations

Development of septal cholinergic neurons in culture: plating density and glial cells modulate effects of NGF on survival, fiber growth, and expression of transmitter-specific enzymes

1988 • 321 citations

Nerve growth factor (NGF) stimulation of cholinergic telencephalic neurons in aggregating cell cultures

1982 • 291 citations

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor augments rotational behavior and nigrostriatal dopamine turnover in vivo.

1992 • 280 citations

Nerve growth factor receptor and choline acetyltransferase colocalization in neurons within the rat forebrain: Response to fimbria‐fornix transection

1989 • 255 citations

Nerve growth factor in mouse and rat serum: correlation between bioassay and radioimmunoassay determinations.

1978 • 246 citations

Nerve growth factor (NGF) reverses axotomy-induced decreases in choline acetyltransferase, NGF receptor and size of medial septum cholinergic neurons

1989 • 197 citations

Basal forebrain magnocellular neurons stain for nerve growth factor receptor: Correlation with cholinergic cell bodies and effects of axotomy

1987 • 193 citations

Localization of nerve growth factor receptors in the normal human brain and in Alzheimer's disease

1989 • 168 citations

NGF receptor gene expression is decreased in the nucleus basalis in Alzheimer's disease

1989 • 160 citations

Two‐color immunoperoxidase staining: Visualization of anatomic relationships between immunoreactive neural elements

1986 • 141 citations

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor: subcellular compartmentalization and interneuronal transfer as visualized with anti-peptide antibodies.

1991 • 139 citations

Nerve growth factor receptor mRNA distribution in human brain: normal levels in basal forebrain in Alzheimer's disease

1989 • 130 citations

Expanded distribution of mRNA for nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and neurotrophin 3 in the rat brain after colchicine treatment.

1991 • 123 citations

Neurotrophin-3: a neurotrophic factor related to NGF and BDNF

1990 • 122 citations

Nerve growth factor receptor and choline acetyltransferase remain colocalized in the nucleus basalis (Ch4) of Alzheimer's patients

1989 • 118 citations

Receptor‐mediated retrograde transport in CNS neurons after intraventricular administration of NGF and growth factors

1991 • 96 citations

Fine structure of rat septohippocampal neurons: II. A time course analysis following axotomy

1992 • 89 citations

Characterization and topography of high-affinity 125I-neurotrophin-3 binding to mammalian brain

1993 • 58 citations

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor: An NGF-Related Neurotrophin

1993 • 49 citations

Nerve growth factor receptor and choline acetyltransferase remain colocalized in the nucleus basalis (Ch4) of Alzheimer's patients

1989 • 41 citations