BDNF Mediated Neuroprotection in Optic Neuropathy

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Material below summarizes the article, Overexpression of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Protects Large Retinal Ganglion Cells Following Optic Nerve Crush in Mice, published on January 5, 2017, in eNeuro and authored by Liang Feng, Zhen Puyang, Hui Chen, Peiji Liang, John B. Troy, and Xiaorong Liu.

Disorders of the visual system often involve neuronal loss in the retina and in the higher visual centers of the brain, which eventually leads to low vision and blindness. In many cases, vision loss cannot be restored because neuronal death is irreversible.

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