The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor across different species:

brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), brain derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf-A), brain derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf)

Other aliases include:

MGC34632, MGC105254, bdnf-A, BDNF, MGC133995, bdnf, Bdnf

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor:

brain-derived neurotrophic factor – neurotrophin – anorexia BDNF – OTTMUSP00000016087 – OTTMUSP00000016088 – OTTMUSP00000016089 – OTTMUSP00000016090 – OTTMUSP00000016091 – OTTMUSP00000016092 – OTTMUSP00000016093 – OTTMUSP00000016094 – OTTMUSP00000016095 – OTTMUSP00000016096 – brain derived neurothrophic factor – neurotrophic factor – pre-pro-brain-derived – brain derived neurotrophic factor

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor fulfills a number of functions:

growth factor activity – protein binding – receptor binding – neurotrophin TRKB receptor binding

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor is relevant to the following processes:

anti-apoptosis – axon guidance – axon target recognition – dendrite development – fear response – feeding behavior – glutamate secretion – inner ear development – learning or memory – mechanoreceptor differentiation – negative regulation of neuroblast proliferation – negative regulation of neuron apoptosis – nerve development – neuron recognition – positive regulation of neuron differentiation – regulation of metabolic process – regulation of retinal cell programmed cell death – regulation of synaptic plasticity – response to drug – ureteric bud development – behavior – regulation of neuron apoptosis – mitochondrial electron transport, NADH to ubiquinone – negative regulation of striated muscle tissue development – nervous system development – neuron differentiation – regulation of excitatory postsynaptic membrane potential – regulation of long-term neuronal synaptic plasticity – regulation of short-term neuronal synaptic plasticity – brain development

Locations for Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor:

cytoplasmic membrane-bounded vesicle – extracellular region – synaptic vesicle – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology