The BDNF val66met Polymorphism Affects Activity-Dependent Secretion of BDNF and Human Memory and Hippocampal Function

@article{Egan2003TheBV,
  title={The BDNF val66met Polymorphism Affects Activity-Dependent Secretion of BDNF and Human Memory and Hippocampal Function},
  author={Michael Egan and Masami Kojima and Joseph H. Callicott and Terry E. Goldberg and Bhaskar S. Kolachana and Alessandro Bertolino and Eugene Zaitsev and Bert Gold and David Goldman and Michael Dean and Bai Lu and Daniel R. Weinberger},
  journal={Cell},
  year={2003},
  volume={112},
  pages={257-269}
}
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