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- An, J. J., Liao, G. Y., Kinney, C. E., Sahibzada, N., Xu, B. Discrete BDNF neurons in the paraventricular hypothalamus control feeding and energy expenditure Cell Metabolism 2015 22:175-188 DOI:10.1016/j.cmet.2015.05.008 PMID:26073495 PMCID:PMC4497865
- Waterhouse, E. G., An, J. J., Orefice, L. L., Baydyuk, M., Liao, G. Y., Zheng, K., Lu, B., Xu, B. BDNF promotes differentiation and maturation of adult-born neurons through GABAergic transmission Journal of Neuroscience 2012 32:14318-14330 DOI:10.1523/jneurosci.0709-12.2012 PMID:23055503 PMCID:PMC3519245
- Kaneko, M., Xie, Y., An, J. J., Stryker, M. P., Xu, B. Dendritic BDNF synthesis is required for late-phase spine maturation and recovery of cortical responses following sensory deprivation Journal of Neuroscience 2012 32:4790-4802 DOI:10.1523/jneurosci.4462-11.2012 PMID:22492034 PMCID:PMC3356781
- Liao, G. Y., An, J. J., Gharami, K., Waterhouse, E. G., Vanevski, F., Jones, K. R., Xu, B. Dendritically targeted Bdnf mRNA is essential for energy balance and response to leptin Nature Medicine 2012 18:564-571 DOI:10.1038/nm.2687 PMID:22426422 PMCID:PMC3327556
- Zheng, K., An, J. J., Yang, F., Xu, W., Xu, Z. Q., Wu, J., Hokfelt, T. G. M., Fisahn, A., Xu, B., Lu, B. TrkB signaling in parvalbumin-positive interneurons is critical for gamma-band network synchronization in hippocampus Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011 108:17201-17206 DOI:10.1073/pnas.1114241108 PMID:21949401 PMCID:PMC3193255
- Baydyuk, M., Russell, T., Liao, G. Y., Zang, K., An, J. J., Reichardt, L. F., Xu, B. TrkB receptor controls striatal formation by regulating the number of newborn striatal neurons Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2011 108:1669-1674 DOI:10.1073/pnas.1004744108 PMID:21205893 PMCID:PMC3029684
- An, J. J., Gharami, K., Liao, G. Y., Woo, N. H., Lau, A. G., Vanevski, F., Torre, E. R., Jones, K. R., Feng, Y., Lu, B., Xu, B. Distinct role of long 3 ' UTR BDNF mRNA in spine morphology and synaptic plasticity in hippocampal neurons Cell 2008 134:175-187 DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2008.05.045 PMID:18614020 PMCID:PMC2527207
- Gharami, K., Xie, Y., An, J. J., Tonegawa, S., Xu, B. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor over-expression in the forebrain ameliorates Huntington's disease phenotypes in mice Journal of Neurochemistry 2008 105:369-379 DOI:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05137.x PMID:18086127 PMCID:PMC2377033