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Insights into activity-dependent neuronal growth through RSRF-supported research

BDNF has been a subject of keen interest, turning up in studies of conditions ranging from central hypoventilation syndrome to obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia -- a range of disorders uncannily parallel to those produced by mutations in the "Rett gene," MeCP2. In 2003, two groups found that MeCP2 regulates BDNF transcription. New studies have begun to shed light on the interplay of MeCP2 and BDNF.

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