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Local TrkB signaling: themes in development and neural plasticity

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The sensitivity of the nervous system to receive and respond to events, both internal and in the environment, depends on the ability of neural structures to remodel in response to experience (Kandel 2001; Mayford et al. 2012)⁠. Neural plasticity depends on rapid, tightly controlled rearrangements of cytoskeleton, membrane morphology, and protein content. Neurons regulate plasticity across orders of structural organization, from changes in molecular machinery that calls forth the synaptic alterations that underlie learning and memory, to events that evoke mesoscale alterations in neurite architecture, and to the birth and death of neurons. We address the concept that the events responsible for such diverse modification of neurons originate from local changes in signaling and that understanding the underlying mechanisms requires an appreciation of the nature of constraints placed upon spatial and temporal activity. During development and in the adult, both the remodeling of specific subcellular structures and induction of synaptic plasticity require local control and regulation of signaling, including those initiated by activation of surface receptors (Reichardt 2006). As an example, the receptor tyrosine kinase TrkB, activated by its ligand brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), has emerged as a potent modulator of plasticity in both development and adulthood, from neurite pruning and branching events during PNS and CNS development, to learning and memory. Here, we review the mechanisms by which TrkB signaling engages in local remodeling to support neural plasticity.

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W.C.M. is supported by NIH grants 5R01AG055523-02 and R01AG061151-01, the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund (UCSD 2019-2544), and the Larry Hillblom Foundation (2019-A-006-NET).

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Johnstone, A., Mobley, W. Local TrkB signaling: themes in development and neural plasticity. Cell Tissue Res 382, 101–111 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-020-03278-7

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