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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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