Rubén Deogracias

Jul 30, 2024 | mdpi.com | Carlos Cano |Natalia Varela-Andres |Alejandro Cebrian-Leon |Rubén Deogracias

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May 2, 2023 | mdpi.com | Juan Carlos Arévalo |Rubén Deogracias |Juan Carlos González del Cerro

1. IntroductionSince its purification and characterization from the pig brain by Barde and collaborators, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been related with many different functions in both the central (CNS) and the peripheral (PNS) nervous system, as well as with CNS pathologies, for what is viewed as an endogenous “neuroprotectant” [1,2,3,4].