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Clinical Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Brainstorms June 15, 1998

When Neurotrophic Factors Get on Your Nerves: Therapy for Neurodegenerative Disorders

Stephen M. Stahl

J Clin Psychiatry 1998;59(6):277-278

Article Abstract

In a previous BRAINSTORMS, we reviewed how neurotrophic factors regulate neuronal survival as well as sprouting of axons to form new synaptic connections. Here we discuss the therapeutic potential for neurotrophic factors in disorders characterized by degeneration of neurons, loss of synapses, or both.

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