Table 1.
Published reports of BDNF expression in OE and OB
| Study | Method | BDNF expression in OE | BDNF expression in OB |
| Buckland and Cunningham (1999) | IHC in adult Wistar rats | Expression in HBCs | No expression of BDNF |
| Cao et al. (2007) | IHC in postnatal mice | Not reported | Expression in mitral and juxtaglomerular cells |
| Conner et al. (1997) | IHC and in situ in adult rat | Not reported | Mitral cells and periglomerular cells. |
| Deckner et al. (1993) | In situ in adult rat and cat | Not reported | Expression in granule cell layer, mitral cell layer, and periglomerular cells |
| Ernfors et al. (1990) | In situ adult rat | Not reported | No expression detected |
| Guthrie and Gall (1991) | In situ in adult rat | Not reported | Expression in the granule cell layer |
| Hofer et al. (1990) | In situ in adult mouse | Not reported | Expression in granule cell layer, mitral cell layer, and periglomerular cells |
| Kawamoto et al. (1996) | IHC in adult rat | Not reported | Labeling in glomerular and granule cell layer |
| McLean et al. (2001) | Western blot and IHC in P30–40 rats | Not reported | Expression in the internal part of the mitral cell layer in Cajal and horizontal cells (but not in mitral cells). Expression is mentioned—but not shown—in some cells in the granule cell layer and in the external plexiform layer |
| Nef et al. (2001) | In situ in mouse neonates | No mRNA expression | Expression in the granule cell layer |
| Phillips et al. (1990) | In situ adult rat | Not reported | No expression detected |
| Takami et al. (2005) | IHC and in situ in adult rats | Expression in mature OSNs | Not reported |
IHC, immunohistochemistry.