ReviewNeuroscience2013
Sex and stress hormone influences on the expression and activity of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of nutritional interventions on the psychological symptoms of premenstrual syndrome in women of reproductive age: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Global burden of antenatal depression and its association with adverse birth outcomes: an umbrella review.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Chronic intermittent hypoxia increases EPSC frequency in median preoptic nucleus neurons through BDNF-TrkB signaling in a sex-dependent manner.Journal of neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Genetic regulation of platelet-derived BDNF by rs11030119: discrepancy between circulating levels and hemostatic function.Genes and immunity · 2026Article
- Steroid hormone-mediated epigenetic programming during puberty: uncovering links to depression.Epigenomics · 2025Review
- Epigenetic modulation of social cognition: exploring the impact of methylation in brain-derived neurotrophic factor and oxytocin receptor genes across sex.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Adolescent treadmill exercise enhances hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression and improves cognition in autism-modeled rats.Physiology & behavior · 2024Article
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- Biomarkers of Depression among Adolescent Girls: BDNF and Epigenetics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- The basolateral amygdala to lateral septum circuit is critical for regulating social novelty in mice.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Sex and Regeneration.Biology · 2021Article
- Molecular Biomarkers for Pediatric Depressive Disorders: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- BDNF Impact on Biological Markers of Depression-Role of Physical Exercise and Training.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Neurobiology of BDNF in fear memory, sensitivity to stress, and stress-related disorders.Molecular psychiatry · 2020Review
- The role of hippocampal GABAMolecular biology reports · 2020Article
- Muscle-generated BDNF is a sexually dimorphic myokine that controls metabolic flexibility.Science signaling · 2019Article
- Acute exercise-induced enhancement of fear inhibition is moderated by BDNF Val66Met polymorphism.Translational psychiatry · 2019Article
- De novo and inherited TCF20 pathogenic variants are associated with intellectual disability, dysmorphic features, hypotonia, and neurological impairments with similarities to Smith-Magenis syndrome.Genome medicine · 2019Article
- Commonly Used Anesthesia/Euthanasia Methods for Brain Collection Differentially Impact MAPK Activity in Male and Female C57BL/6 Mice.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2019Article
- Sex differences in major depression and comorbidity of cardiometabolic disorders: impact of prenatal stress and immune exposures.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2019Review
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Abstract
The neurotrophin, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), is recognized as a key component in the regulation of CNS ontogeny, homeostasis and adult neuroplasticity. The importance of BDNF in CNS development and function is well documented by numerous reports from animal studies linking abnormal BDNF signaling to metabolic disturbances and anxiety or depressive-like behavior. Despite the diverse roles for BDNF in nearly all aspects of CNS physiology, the regulation of BDNF expression, as well as our understanding of the signaling mechanisms associated with this neurotrophin, remains incomplete. However, links between sex hormones such as estradiol and testosterone, as well as endogenous and synthetic glucocorticoids (GCs), have emerged as important mediators of BDNF expression and function. Examples of such regulation include brain region-specific induction of Bdnf mRNA in response to estradiol. Additional studies have also documented regulation of the expression of the high-affinity BDNF receptor Tropomyosin-Related Kinase B by estradiol, thus implicating sex steroids not only in the regulation of BDNF expression, but also in mechanisms of signaling associated with it. In addition to gonadal steroids, further evidence also suggests functional interaction between BDNF and GCs, such as in the regulation of corticotrophin-releasing hormone and other important neuropeptides. In this review, we provide an overview of the roles played by selected sex or stress hormones in the regulation of BDNF expression and signaling in the CNS.
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